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Southern Careers Institute-Austin vs Austin Community College District

Austin, TX · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-NET

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at Southern Careers Institute-Austin and Austin Community College District both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Southern Careers Institute-Austin: average net price fell -13.6% from $27,157 (2013) to $23,458 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Southern Careers Institute-Austin: enrollment grew +241.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +91 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • 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: Southern Careers Institute-Austin vs Austin Community College District

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Austin Community College District leads on avg net price ($6,390 vs $25,660 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Austin Community College District leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (68.3% vs 22.4% at Southern Careers Institute-Austin)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Southern Careers Institute-Austin leads on 150%-time completion (52.2% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on avg net price at $6,390 versus $25,660 at Southern Careers Institute-Austin. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 68.3% versus 22.4% at Southern Careers Institute-Austin. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Southern Careers Institute-Austin and Austin Community College District?▼
Southern Careers Institute-Austin leads on 150%-time completion at 52.2% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025