Pima Community College vs Bakersfield College

Tucson, AZ · Bakersfield, CA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair AZ:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE AZ × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Bakersfield College: average net price rose +63.9% from $2,898 (2013) to $4,751 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Pima Community College: net price ranged $2,721–$4,608 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +13.2% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • Pima Community College: enrollment shrank -47.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,349 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • Bakersfield College: enrollment ranged 15,854–19,945 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Pima Community College vs Bakersfield College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Pima Community College leads on avg net price ($3,405 vs $14,621 at Bakersfield College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Bakersfield College leads on in-state tuition ($1,430 vs $2,442 at Pima Community College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Pima Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,758 vs $11,300 at Bakersfield College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Pima Community College and Bakersfield College?
Pima Community College leads on avg net price at $3,405 versus $14,621 at Bakersfield College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Pima Community College and Bakersfield College?
Bakersfield College leads on in-state tuition at $1,430 versus $2,442 at Pima Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Pima Community College and Bakersfield College?
Pima Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,758 versus $11,300 at Bakersfield College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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