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Southwest Texas College vs Merritt College

Uvalde, TX · Oakland, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair TX:CA

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Merritt College: average net price rose +45.9% from $10,104 (2013) to $14,742 (2023), r² 0.68.
  • Southwest Texas College: net price ranged $6,592–$7,634 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.6% is not a trend (r² 0.31).
  • Southwest Texas College: enrollment shrank -18.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -120 students/yr fitted, r² 0.69.
  • Merritt College: enrollment shrank -5.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -90 students/yr fitted, r² 0.50.

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: Southwest Texas College vs Merritt College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Merritt College leads on in-state tuition ($1,258 vs $2,646 at Southwest Texas College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Southwest Texas College leads on avg net price ($7,372 vs $14,021 at Merritt College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Southwest Texas College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,294 vs $9,898 at Merritt College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Southwest Texas College and Merritt College?▼
Merritt College leads on in-state tuition at $1,258 versus $2,646 at Southwest Texas College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Southwest Texas College and Merritt College?▼
Southwest Texas College leads on avg net price at $7,372 versus $14,021 at Merritt College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Southwest Texas College and Merritt College?▼
Southwest Texas College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,294 versus $9,898 at Merritt 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