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Northern Virginia Community College vs University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Annandale, VA · Lowell, MA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair VA:MA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × MA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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 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.

  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: enrollment ranged 11,632–13,601 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • University of Massachusetts-Lowell: net price ranged $14,071–$20,079 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.9% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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: Northern Virginia Community College vs University of Massachusetts-Lowell

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Northern Virginia Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($12,409 vs $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition ($5,891 vs $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $23,704 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell)

Northern Virginia Community College profile · University of Massachusetts-Lowell profile · Compare other colleges

Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Northern Virginia Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $12,409 versus $36,264 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Northern Virginia Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition at $5,891 versus $16,966 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northern Virginia Community College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $23,704 at University of Massachusetts-Lowell. 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