Lone Star College System vs Montgomery College

The Woodlands, TX · Rockville, MD · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair TX:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × MD
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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

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.

  • Lone Star College System: average net price rose +51.8% from $6,141 (2013) to $9,322 (2023), r² 0.86.
  • Montgomery College: net price ranged $7,037–$9,650 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -16.3% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Lone Star College System: enrollment shrank -15.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,320 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.
  • Montgomery College: enrollment shrank -29.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -673 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.

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: Lone Star College System vs Montgomery College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Lone Star College System leads on in-state tuition ($3,330 vs $5,394 at Montgomery College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Lone Star College System leads on out-of-state tuition ($9,390 vs $14,250 at Montgomery College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Montgomery College leads on 150%-time completion (29.7% vs 19.8% at Lone Star College System)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Lone Star College System and Montgomery College?
Lone Star College System leads on in-state tuition at $3,330 versus $5,394 at Montgomery College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Lone Star College System and Montgomery College?
Lone Star College System leads on out-of-state tuition at $9,390 versus $14,250 at Montgomery College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Lone Star College System and Montgomery College?
Montgomery College leads on 150%-time completion at 29.7% versus 19.8% at Lone Star College System. 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