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Palau Community College vs Cerritos College

Koror, GU · Norwalk, CA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair GU:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GU × 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

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.

  • Cerritos College: net price ranged $693–$9,522 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -78.1% is not a trend (r² 0.22).
  • Palau Community College: average net price rose +68.8% from $1,665 (2013) to $2,810 (2023), r² 0.49.
  • Palau Community College: enrollment shrank -39.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -21 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.
  • Cerritos College: enrollment ranged 16,744–21,339 (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: Palau Community College vs Cerritos College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Palau Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($3,970 vs $12,004 at Cerritos College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Cerritos College leads on in-state tuition ($1,364 vs $3,730 at Palau Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cerritos College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($41,156 vs $29,898 at Palau Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Palau Community College and Cerritos College?▼
Palau Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $3,970 versus $12,004 at Cerritos College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Palau Community College and Cerritos College?▼
Cerritos College leads on in-state tuition at $1,364 versus $3,730 at Palau Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Palau Community College and Cerritos College?▼
Cerritos College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $41,156 versus $29,898 at Palau 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