Randolph Community College vs Austin Community College District

Asheboro, NC · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair NC:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × TX
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.
  • Randolph Community College: net price ranged $4,967–$8,649 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -16.3% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Randolph Community College: enrollment shrank -47.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -145 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.
  • 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: Randolph Community College vs Austin Community College District

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Randolph Community College leads on 150%-time completion (55.7% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Randolph Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,176 vs $10,590 at Austin Community College District)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Austin Community College District leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($43,177 vs $33,336 at Randolph Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Randolph Community College and Austin Community College District?
Randolph Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 55.7% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Randolph Community College and Austin Community College District?
Randolph Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,176 versus $10,590 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Randolph Community College and Austin Community College District?
Austin Community College District leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $43,177 versus $33,336 at Randolph 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025