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Lehigh Carbon Community College vs Houston City College

Schnecksville, PA · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair PA:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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.

  • Lehigh Carbon Community College: average net price rose +75.2% from $5,460 (2013) to $9,568 (2023), r² 0.78.
  • Houston City College: net price ranged $4,813–$9,646 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -22.3% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College: enrollment shrank -25.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -153 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • Houston City College: enrollment shrank -34.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -2,298 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.

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: Lehigh Carbon Community College vs Houston City College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Houston City College leads on in-state tuition ($2,040 vs $5,280 at Lehigh Carbon Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,460 vs $13,270 at Lehigh Carbon Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Lehigh Carbon Community College leads on 150%-time completion (29.3% vs 16.8% at Houston City College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Lehigh Carbon Community College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on in-state tuition at $2,040 versus $5,280 at Lehigh Carbon Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Lehigh Carbon Community College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,460 versus $13,270 at Lehigh Carbon Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Lehigh Carbon Community College and Houston City College?▼
Lehigh Carbon Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 29.3% versus 16.8% at Houston City 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