Hillsborough College vs CUNY LaGuardia Community College

Tampa, FL · Long Island City, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair FL:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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.

  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: net price ranged $5,699–$8,378 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -28.0% is not a trend (r² 0.35).
  • Hillsborough College: average net price fell -14.7% from $5,776 (2013) to $4,929 (2023), r² 0.43.
  • Hillsborough College: enrollment shrank -15.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -513 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: enrollment shrank -37.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -720 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.

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: Hillsborough College vs CUNY LaGuardia Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Hillsborough College leads on in-state tuition ($2,506 vs $5,218 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Hillsborough College leads on avg net price ($3,861 vs $6,120 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Hillsborough College leads on 150%-time completion (33.7% vs 24.7% at CUNY LaGuardia Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Hillsborough College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
Hillsborough College leads on in-state tuition at $2,506 versus $5,218 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Hillsborough College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
Hillsborough College leads on avg net price at $3,861 versus $6,120 at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Hillsborough College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
Hillsborough College leads on 150%-time completion at 33.7% versus 24.7% at CUNY LaGuardia 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025