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Piedmont Technical College vs Farmingdale State College

Greenwood, SC · Farmingdale, NY · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair SC:NY

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × NY
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-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.

  • Piedmont Technical College: average net price rose +45.3% from $7,473 (2013) to $10,862 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Farmingdale State College: net price ranged $6,934–$10,590 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -13.4% is not a trend (r² 0.39).
  • Piedmont Technical College: enrollment shrank -26.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -110 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • Farmingdale State College: enrollment grew +22.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +162 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.

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 Farmingdale State College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,923 vs $18,536 at Farmingdale State College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($69,781 vs $35,768 at Piedmont Technical College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Piedmont Technical College leads on in-state tuition ($4,775 vs $8,626 at Farmingdale State College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Farmingdale State College?▼
Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,923 versus $18,536 at Farmingdale State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Farmingdale State College?▼
Farmingdale State College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $69,781 versus $35,768 at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Farmingdale State College?▼
Piedmont Technical College leads on in-state tuition at $4,775 versus $8,626 at Farmingdale State College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025