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