Mesa Community College vs Maria College of Albany

Mesa, AZ · Albany, NY · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair AZ:NY

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AZ × NY
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 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.

  • Mesa Community College: enrollment shrank -40.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -854 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • Maria College of Albany: enrollment ranged 702–876 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Mesa Community College: average net price rose +51.5% from $8,868 (2013) to $13,438 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Maria College of Albany: average net price rose +24.5% from $12,893 (2013) to $16,055 (2023), r² 0.54.

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: Mesa Community College vs Maria College of Albany

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Mesa Community College leads on in-state tuition ($2,358 vs $18,740 at Maria College of Albany)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Mesa Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,473 vs $20,528 at Maria College of Albany)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Maria College of Albany leads on 150%-time completion (34.1% vs 15.6% at Mesa Community College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Mesa Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Mesa Community College leads on in-state tuition at $2,358 versus $18,740 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Mesa Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Mesa Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,473 versus $20,528 at Maria College of Albany. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mesa Community College and Maria College of Albany?
Maria College of Albany leads on 150%-time completion at 34.1% versus 15.6% at Mesa 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