McLennan Community College vs Miami Dade College

Waco, TX · Miami, FL · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair TX:FL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × FL
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Miami Dade College: average net price fell -59.4% from $14,614 (2013) to $5,929 (2023), r² 0.66.
  • McLennan Community College: net price ranged $6,122–$7,468 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.0% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • McLennan Community College: enrollment shrank -31.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -249 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • Miami Dade College: enrollment shrank -43.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -2,679 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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: McLennan Community College vs Miami Dade College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI McLennan Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,910 vs $9,661 at Miami Dade College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Miami Dade College leads on in-state tuition ($2,838 vs $3,660 at McLennan Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Miami Dade College leads on 150%-time completion (45.3% vs 37.0% at McLennan Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between McLennan Community College and Miami Dade College?
McLennan Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,910 versus $9,661 at Miami Dade College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between McLennan Community College and Miami Dade College?
Miami Dade College leads on in-state tuition at $2,838 versus $3,660 at McLennan Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between McLennan Community College and Miami Dade College?
Miami Dade College leads on 150%-time completion at 45.3% versus 37.0% at McLennan 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025