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Orange Coast College vs West Valley College

Costa Mesa, CA · Saratoga, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair CA:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at Orange Coast College and West Valley College both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • West Valley College: average net price fell -79.8% from $9,106 (2013) to $1,842 (2023), r² 0.93.
  • Orange Coast College: average net price fell -51.5% from $9,798 (2013) to $4,754 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Orange Coast College: enrollment shrank -21.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -590 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.
  • West Valley College: enrollment shrank -28.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -253 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Orange Coast College vs West Valley College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION West Valley College leads on in-state tuition ($0 vs $1,392 at Orange Coast College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE West Valley College leads on avg net price ($3,423 vs $7,203 at Orange Coast College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI West Valley College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,702 vs $11,640 at Orange Coast College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Orange Coast College and West Valley College?▼
West Valley College leads on in-state tuition at $0 versus $1,392 at Orange Coast College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Orange Coast College and West Valley College?▼
West Valley College leads on avg net price at $3,423 versus $7,203 at Orange Coast College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Orange Coast College and West Valley College?▼
West Valley College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,702 versus $11,640 at Orange Coast 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