Gordon State College vs Prince George's Community College

Barnesville, GA · Largo, MD · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair GA:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × MD
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Prince George's Community College: average net price rose +75.3% from $6,194 (2013) to $10,857 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Gordon State College: net price ranged $8,798–$13,651 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +1.4% is not a trend (r² 0.24).
  • Gordon State College: enrollment shrank -35.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -166 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • 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: Gordon State College vs Prince George's Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Prince George's Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,500 vs $17,500 at Gordon State College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Prince George's Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($47,548 vs $37,871 at Gordon State College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Prince George's Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,762 vs $10,948 at Gordon State College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Gordon State College and Prince George's Community College?▼
Prince George's Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,500 versus $17,500 at Gordon State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Gordon State College and Prince George's Community College?▼
Prince George's Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $47,548 versus $37,871 at Gordon State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Gordon State College and Prince George's Community College?▼
Prince George's Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,762 versus $10,948 at Gordon State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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