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Mountain Empire Community College vs Baton Rouge Community College

Big Stone Gap, VA · Baton Rouge, LA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair VA:LA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × LA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

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.

  • Mountain Empire Community College: net price ranged $4,593–$8,339 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +56.8% is not a trend (r² 0.39).
  • Baton Rouge Community College: average net price rose +16.3% from $8,745 (2013) to $10,171 (2023), r² 0.77.
  • Mountain Empire Community College: enrollment shrank -34.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -69 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Baton Rouge Community College: enrollment ranged 6,673–8,003 (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: Mountain Empire Community College vs Baton Rouge Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Baton Rouge Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,321 vs $11,445 at Mountain Empire Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mountain Empire Community College leads on 150%-time completion (50.8% vs 29.3% at Baton Rouge Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Baton Rouge Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,321 vs $5,007 at Mountain Empire Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Baton Rouge Community College?▼
Baton Rouge Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,321 versus $11,445 at Mountain Empire Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Baton Rouge Community College?▼
Mountain Empire Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 50.8% versus 29.3% at Baton Rouge Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Mountain Empire Community College and Baton Rouge Community College?▼
Baton Rouge Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,321 versus $5,007 at Mountain Empire 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