Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College vs Long Beach City College

Perkinston, MS · Long Beach, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MS:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MS × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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.

  • Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: enrollment shrank -38.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -360 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Long Beach City College: enrollment ranged 20,180–23,312 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: net price ranged $5,910–$9,290 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.6% is not a trend (r² 0.17).
  • Long Beach City College: net price ranged $3,066–$5,323 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +5.7% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College vs Long Beach City College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition ($1,556 vs $4,250 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion (47.4% vs 28.4% at Long Beach City College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,850 vs $12,544 at Long Beach City College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Long Beach City College?
Long Beach City College leads on in-state tuition at $1,556 versus $4,250 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Long Beach City College?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 47.4% versus 28.4% at Long Beach City College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Long Beach City College?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,850 versus $12,544 at Long Beach 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