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Laurel Technical Institute vs Northern Virginia Community College

Hermitage, 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-PAR · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × VA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Laurel Technical Institute: enrollment ranged 118–285 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Laurel Technical Institute: net price ranged $3,766–$9,139 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +26.4% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • 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).

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 $13,431 at Laurel Technical Institute)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Laurel Technical Institute leads on 150%-time completion (73.6% 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 $28,311 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 $13,431 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 73.6% 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 $28,311 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