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Orange Coast College vs Woodland Community College

Costa Mesa, CA · Woodland, CA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-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 · 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Orange Coast College: average net price fell -51.5% from $9,798 (2013) to $4,754 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Woodland Community College: net price ranged $3,768–$6,221 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.5% is not a trend (r² 0.30).
  • Orange Coast College: enrollment shrank -21.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -590 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.
  • Woodland Community College: enrollment ranged 2,294–3,311 (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: Orange Coast College vs Woodland Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Woodland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,656 vs $11,640 at Orange Coast College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Woodland Community College leads on in-state tuition ($1,124 vs $1,392 at Orange Coast College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Orange Coast College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($47,348 vs $40,042 at Woodland Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Orange Coast College and Woodland Community College?▼
Woodland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,656 versus $11,640 at Orange Coast College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Orange Coast College and Woodland Community College?▼
Woodland Community College leads on in-state tuition at $1,124 versus $1,392 at Orange Coast College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Orange Coast College and Woodland Community College?▼
Orange Coast College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $47,348 versus $40,042 at Woodland 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