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Pearl River Community College vs Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Poplarville, MS · Perkinston, MS · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MS
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: enrollment shrank -38.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -360 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Pearl River Community College: enrollment ranged 3,817–4,850 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Pearl River Community College: net price ranged $573–$7,890 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +751.8% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: net price ranged $5,910–$9,290 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.6% is not a trend (r² 0.17).

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: Pearl River Community College vs Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion (47.4% vs 36.4% at Pearl River Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Pearl River Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,100 vs $7,850 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Pearl River Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (59.1% vs 50.0% at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pearl River Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?▼
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 47.4% versus 36.4% at Pearl River Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Pearl River Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?▼
Pearl River Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,100 versus $7,850 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Pearl River Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?▼
Pearl River Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 59.1% versus 50.0% at Mississippi Gulf Coast 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025