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Reading Area Community College vs Shoreline College

Reading, PA · Shoreline, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair PA:WA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × WA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Reading Area Community College: average net price fell -22.5% from $10,369 (2013) to $8,039 (2023), r² 0.60.
  • Shoreline College: net price ranged $5,167–$10,116 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +20.5% is not a trend (r² 0.21).
  • Reading Area Community College: enrollment shrank -17.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -62 students/yr fitted, r² 0.72.
  • Shoreline College: enrollment ranged 2,719–3,566 (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: Reading Area Community College vs Shoreline College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Shoreline College leads on out-of-state tuition ($7,905 vs $12,510 at Reading Area Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Reading Area Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,750 vs $12,021 at Shoreline College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Shoreline College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (74.3% vs 55.7% at Reading Area Community College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Reading Area Community College and Shoreline College?▼
Shoreline College leads on out-of-state tuition at $7,905 versus $12,510 at Reading Area Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Reading Area Community College and Shoreline College?▼
Reading Area Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,750 versus $12,021 at Shoreline College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Reading Area Community College and Shoreline College?▼
Shoreline College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 74.3% versus 55.7% at Reading Area 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); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025