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South Puget Sound Community College vs Prince George's Community College

Olympia, WA · Largo, MD · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair WA:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × MD
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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

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.

  • Prince George's Community College: average net price rose +75.3% from $6,194 (2013) to $10,857 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • South Puget Sound Community College: net price ranged $6,678–$9,090 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.3% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • South Puget Sound Community College: enrollment ranged 2,692–3,931 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Prince George's Community College: enrollment shrank -37.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -520 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.

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: South Puget Sound Community College vs Prince George's Community College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI South Puget Sound Community College leads on 150%-time completion (43.7% vs 21.9% at Prince George's Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI South Puget Sound Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,813 vs $8,762 at Prince George's Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Prince George's Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,034 vs $5,252 at South Puget Sound Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between South Puget Sound Community College and Prince George's Community College?▼
South Puget Sound Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 43.7% versus 21.9% at Prince George's Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between South Puget Sound Community College and Prince George's Community College?▼
South Puget Sound Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,813 versus $8,762 at Prince George's Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between South Puget Sound Community College and Prince George's Community College?▼
Prince George's Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,034 versus $5,252 at South Puget Sound 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