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