Gaston College vs Prince George's Community College

Dallas, NC · Largo, MD · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair NC:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × MD
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Prince George's Community College: average net price rose +75.3% from $6,194 (2013) to $10,857 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Gaston College: average net price fell -47.3% from $10,910 (2013) to $5,752 (2023), r² 0.43.
  • Gaston College: enrollment shrank -41.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -276 students/yr fitted, r² 0.72.
  • Prince George's Community College: enrollment shrank -37.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -520 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.

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: Gaston College vs Prince George's Community College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Gaston College leads on 150%-time completion (58.6% vs 21.9% at Prince George's Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Prince George's Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($47,548 vs $35,386 at Gaston College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Gaston College leads on avg net price ($6,592 vs $8,672 at Prince George's Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Gaston College and Prince George's Community College?
Gaston College leads on 150%-time completion at 58.6% versus 21.9% at Prince George's Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Gaston College and Prince George's Community College?
Prince George's Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $47,548 versus $35,386 at Gaston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Gaston College and Prince George's Community College?
Gaston College leads on avg net price at $6,592 versus $8,672 at Prince George's 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025