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Palo Alto College vs Houston City College

San Antonio, TX · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair TX:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

No stable joint trend on the primary axis

RANGE-ONLY · 2013–2023

For Palo Alto College vs Houston City College, the overlapping average net-price path series over 2013–2023 does not clear a directional claim on both sides. What follows is the measured range, not a rise/fall headline.

  • Houston City College: net price ranged $4,813–$9,646 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -22.3% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Palo Alto College: net price ranged $3,754–$6,483 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +7.5% is not a trend (r² 0.05).

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: Palo Alto College vs Houston City College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Palo Alto College leads on 150%-time completion (33.0% vs 16.8% at Houston City College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,460 vs $9,952 at Palo Alto College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Houston City College leads on in-state tuition ($2,040 vs $3,412 at Palo Alto College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Palo Alto College and Houston City College?▼
Palo Alto College leads on 150%-time completion at 33.0% versus 16.8% at Houston City College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Palo Alto College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,460 versus $9,952 at Palo Alto College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Palo Alto College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on in-state tuition at $2,040 versus $3,412 at Palo Alto 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