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Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus vs Bakersfield College

Sewell, NJ · Bakersfield, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair NJ:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus: enrollment shrank -30.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -213 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • Bakersfield College: enrollment ranged 15,854–19,945 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus: average net price rose +42.2% from $7,609 (2013) to $10,818 (2023), r² 0.42.
  • Bakersfield College: average net price rose +63.9% from $2,898 (2013) to $4,751 (2023), r² 0.53.

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: Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus vs Bakersfield College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Bakersfield College leads on in-state tuition ($1,430 vs $5,160 at Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,000 vs $11,300 at Bakersfield College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus leads on 150%-time completion (35.5% vs 21.6% at Bakersfield College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus and Bakersfield College?▼
Bakersfield College leads on in-state tuition at $1,430 versus $5,160 at Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus and Bakersfield College?▼
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,000 versus $11,300 at Bakersfield College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus and Bakersfield College?▼
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus leads on 150%-time completion at 35.5% versus 21.6% 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025