Piedmont Technical College vs CUNY LaGuardia Community College

Greenwood, SC · Long Island City, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair SC:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × NY
  • 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.
  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: net price ranged $5,699–$8,378 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -28.0% is not a trend (r² 0.35).
  • Piedmont Technical College: enrollment shrank -26.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -110 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • CUNY LaGuardia Community College: enrollment shrank -37.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -720 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.

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 CUNY LaGuardia Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,407 vs $15,000 at Piedmont Technical College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on avg net price ($6,120 vs $11,366 at Piedmont Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Piedmont Technical College leads on 150%-time completion (33.2% vs 24.7% at CUNY LaGuardia Community 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 CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,407 versus $15,000 at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
CUNY LaGuardia Community College leads on avg net price at $6,120 versus $11,366 at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and CUNY LaGuardia Community College?
Piedmont Technical College leads on 150%-time completion at 33.2% versus 24.7% at CUNY LaGuardia 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); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025