Palm Beach State College vs Colorado Mountain College

Lake Worth, FL · Glenwood Springs, CO · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair FL:CO

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × CO
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Palm Beach State College: average net price rose +284.5% from $2,557 (2013) to $9,832 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Colorado Mountain College: average net price fell -38.2% from $10,262 (2013) to $6,342 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Palm Beach State College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -654 students/yr fitted, r² 0.57.
  • Colorado Mountain College: enrollment shrank -20.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -99 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: Palm Beach State College vs Colorado Mountain College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Palm Beach State College leads on 150%-time completion (41.1% vs 26.6% at Colorado Mountain College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Colorado Mountain College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (66.8% vs 49.6% at Palm Beach State College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Palm Beach State College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,081 vs $9,000 at Colorado Mountain College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Palm Beach State College and Colorado Mountain College?
Palm Beach State College leads on 150%-time completion at 41.1% versus 26.6% at Colorado Mountain College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Palm Beach State College and Colorado Mountain College?
Colorado Mountain College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 66.8% versus 49.6% at Palm Beach State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Palm Beach State College and Colorado Mountain College?
Palm Beach State College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,081 versus $9,000 at Colorado Mountain College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025