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Piedmont Technical College vs Anne Arundel Community College

Greenwood, SC · Arnold, MD · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair SC:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × MD
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Piedmont Technical College: average net price rose +45.3% from $7,473 (2013) to $10,862 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Anne Arundel Community College: net price ranged $13,886–$15,929 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +14.7% is not a trend (r² 0.17).
  • Piedmont Technical College: enrollment shrank -26.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -110 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • Anne Arundel Community College: enrollment shrank -39.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -573 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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: Piedmont Technical College vs Anne Arundel Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Anne Arundel Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,250 vs $15,000 at Piedmont Technical College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,923 vs $11,522 at Anne Arundel Community College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Anne Arundel Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (63.4% vs 42.7% at Piedmont Technical College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Anne Arundel Community College?▼
Anne Arundel Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,250 versus $15,000 at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Anne Arundel Community College?▼
Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,923 versus $11,522 at Anne Arundel Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Anne Arundel Community College?▼
Anne Arundel Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 63.4% versus 42.7% at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025