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Essex County College vs Macomb Community College

Newark, NJ · Warren, MI · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair NJ:MI

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × MI
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Essex County College: enrollment shrank -49.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -607 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Macomb Community College: enrollment ranged 13,109–17,913 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Essex County College: net price ranged $3,717–$11,443 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Macomb Community College: net price ranged $5,402–$11,463 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -15.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Essex County College vs Macomb Community College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Macomb Community College leads on avg net price ($1,618 vs $4,436 at Essex County College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Macomb Community College leads on in-state tuition ($3,660 vs $5,415 at Essex County College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Essex County College leads on 150%-time completion (20.3% vs 17.0% at Macomb Community College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Essex County College and Macomb Community College?▼
Macomb Community College leads on avg net price at $1,618 versus $4,436 at Essex County College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Essex County College and Macomb Community College?▼
Macomb Community College leads on in-state tuition at $3,660 versus $5,415 at Essex County College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Essex County College and Macomb Community College?▼
Essex County College leads on 150%-time completion at 20.3% versus 17.0% at Macomb Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025