Palm Beach State College vs Montgomery College

Lake Worth, FL · Rockville, MD · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair FL:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × MD
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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 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.

  • Palm Beach State College: average net price rose +284.5% from $2,557 (2013) to $9,832 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Montgomery College: net price ranged $7,037–$9,650 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -16.3% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Palm Beach State College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -654 students/yr fitted, r² 0.57.
  • Montgomery College: enrollment shrank -29.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -673 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.

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 Montgomery College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Palm Beach State College leads on in-state tuition ($3,050 vs $5,394 at Montgomery College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Palm Beach State College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,081 vs $10,415 at Montgomery College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Palm Beach State College leads on 150%-time completion (41.1% vs 29.7% at Montgomery College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Palm Beach State College and Montgomery College?
Palm Beach State College leads on in-state tuition at $3,050 versus $5,394 at Montgomery College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Palm Beach State College and Montgomery College?
Palm Beach State College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,081 versus $10,415 at Montgomery College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Palm Beach State College and Montgomery College?
Palm Beach State College leads on 150%-time completion at 41.1% versus 29.7% at Montgomery 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