Piedmont Technical College vs Tacoma Community College

Greenwood, SC · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair SC:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE SC × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Piedmont Technical College: enrollment shrank -26.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -110 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • Tacoma Community College: enrollment ranged 4,248–6,340 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Piedmont Technical College: average net price rose +45.3% from $7,473 (2013) to $10,862 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Tacoma Community College: average net price rose +58.1% from $5,896 (2013) to $9,321 (2023), r² 0.50.

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 Tacoma Community College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,923 vs $11,646 at Tacoma Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Tacoma Community College leads on avg net price ($8,376 vs $11,366 at Piedmont Technical College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Tacoma Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (56.5% vs 42.7% at Piedmont Technical 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 Tacoma Community College?
Piedmont Technical College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,923 versus $11,646 at Tacoma Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Tacoma Community College?
Tacoma Community College leads on avg net price at $8,376 versus $11,366 at Piedmont Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Piedmont Technical College and Tacoma Community College?
Tacoma Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 56.5% 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025