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Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater vs Austin Community College District

Clearwater, FL · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair FL:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater: net price ranged $10,182–$25,090 across 10 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +4.9% is not a trend (r² 0.03).
  • Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater: enrollment ranged 410–1,233 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Austin Community College District: enrollment shrank -20.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -795 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.

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: Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater vs Austin Community College District

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Austin Community College District leads on avg net price ($6,390 vs $21,932 at Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater leads on 150%-time completion (55.3% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Austin Community College District leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($38,647 vs $30,856 at Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on avg net price at $6,390 versus $21,932 at Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater and Austin Community College District?▼
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater leads on 150%-time completion at 55.3% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $38,647 versus $30,856 at Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater. 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