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Laurel Technical Institute vs Northern Virginia Community College

Uniontown, PA · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:VA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

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.

  • Laurel Technical Institute: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,441 (2013) to $10,086 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Laurel Technical Institute: enrollment grew +84.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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: Laurel Technical Institute vs Northern Virginia Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition ($5,891 vs $13,713 at Laurel Technical Institute)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Laurel Technical Institute leads on 150%-time completion (74.0% vs 35.2% at Northern Virginia Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($53,557 vs $30,819 at Laurel Technical Institute)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition at $5,891 versus $13,713 at Laurel Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Laurel Technical Institute leads on 150%-time completion at 74.0% versus 35.2% at Northern Virginia Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $53,557 versus $30,819 at Laurel Technical Institute. 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