Southern State Community College vs Brookdale Community College

Hillsboro, OH · Lincroft, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair OH:NJ

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE OH × NJ
  • 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.

  • Southern State Community College: net price ranged $6,371–$10,918 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +38.0% is not a trend (r² 0.33).
  • Brookdale Community College: average net price rose +30.7% from $6,798 (2013) to $8,882 (2023), r² 0.79.
  • Southern State Community College: enrollment shrank -62.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -137 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Brookdale Community College: enrollment shrank -36.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -523 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.

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 State Community College vs Brookdale Community College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Brookdale Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (63.1% vs 45.1% at Southern State Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Brookdale Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($44,379 vs $35,463 at Southern State Community College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Southern State Community College leads on avg net price ($9,674 vs $11,231 at Brookdale Community College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Southern State Community College and Brookdale Community College?▼
Brookdale Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 63.1% versus 45.1% at Southern State Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Southern State Community College and Brookdale Community College?▼
Brookdale Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $44,379 versus $35,463 at Southern State Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Southern State Community College and Brookdale Community College?▼
Southern State Community College leads on avg net price at $9,674 versus $11,231 at Brookdale 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); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025