Santa Fe College vs Foothill College

Gainesville, FL · Los Altos Hills, CA · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair FL:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE FL × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Foothill College: average net price rose +59.2% from $4,743 (2013) to $7,549 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Santa Fe College: net price ranged $9,601–$12,174 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +16.2% is not a trend (r² 0.37).
  • Santa Fe College: enrollment shrank -19.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -326 students/yr fitted, r² 0.86.
  • Foothill College: enrollment shrank -15.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -325 students/yr fitted, r² 0.67.

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: Santa Fe College vs Foothill College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Foothill College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (91.3% vs 48.9% at Santa Fe College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Foothill College leads on in-state tuition ($1,565 vs $2,563 at Santa Fe College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Foothill College leads on avg net price ($7,653 vs $11,098 at Santa Fe College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Santa Fe College and Foothill College?
Foothill College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 91.3% versus 48.9% at Santa Fe College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Santa Fe College and Foothill College?
Foothill College leads on in-state tuition at $1,565 versus $2,563 at Santa Fe College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Santa Fe College and Foothill College?
Foothill College leads on avg net price at $7,653 versus $11,098 at Santa Fe College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025