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Luna Community College vs Dodge City Community College

Las Vegas, NM · Dodge City, KS · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair NM:KS

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NM × KS
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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 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.

  • Luna Community College: enrollment shrank -47.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -41 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Dodge City Community College: enrollment ranged 957–1,285 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Luna Community College: net price ranged $2,670–$7,379 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +32.5% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Dodge City Community College: net price ranged $3,857–$7,181 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -14.4% is not a trend (r² 0.25).

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: Luna Community College vs Dodge City Community College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Luna Community College leads on in-state tuition ($1,474 vs $4,650 at Dodge City Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Luna Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($3,418 vs $5,850 at Dodge City Community College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Dodge City Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (57.1% vs 39.0% at Luna Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Luna Community College and Dodge City Community College?▼
Luna Community College leads on in-state tuition at $1,474 versus $4,650 at Dodge City Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Luna Community College and Dodge City Community College?▼
Luna Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $3,418 versus $5,850 at Dodge City Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Luna Community College and Dodge City Community College?▼
Dodge City Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 57.1% versus 39.0% at Luna 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