Monroe Community College vs Tacoma Community College

Rochester, NY · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NY:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Tacoma Community College: average net price rose +58.1% from $5,896 (2013) to $9,321 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • Monroe Community College: net price ranged $6,569–$7,341 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -7.2% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Monroe Community College: enrollment shrank -48.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -786 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Tacoma Community College: enrollment ranged 4,248–6,340 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Monroe Community College vs Tacoma Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Monroe Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($9,750 vs $13,000 at Tacoma Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Monroe Community College leads on avg net price ($6,353 vs $8,376 at Tacoma Community College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Tacoma Community College leads on 150%-time completion (32.1% vs 24.6% at Monroe Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Monroe Community College and Tacoma Community College?▼
Monroe Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $9,750 versus $13,000 at Tacoma Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Monroe Community College and Tacoma Community College?▼
Monroe Community College leads on avg net price at $6,353 versus $8,376 at Tacoma Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Monroe Community College and Tacoma Community College?▼
Tacoma Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 32.1% versus 24.6% at Monroe 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025