Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College vs Seattle Central College

Perkinston, MS · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair MS:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MS × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (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).
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

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 Seattle Central College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion (47.4% vs 31.5% at Seattle Central College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($39,072 vs $28,421 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,745 vs $7,850 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Seattle Central College?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 47.4% versus 31.5% at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $39,072 versus $28,421 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Seattle Central College?
Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,745 versus $7,850 at Mississippi Gulf Coast 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025