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St Cloud Technical and Community College vs Austin Community College District

Saint Cloud, MN · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair MN:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MN × TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • St Cloud Technical and Community College: net price ranged $9,019–$11,288 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +16.6% is not a trend (r² 0.19).
  • St Cloud Technical and Community College: enrollment shrank -36.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -173 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • 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: St Cloud Technical and Community College vs Austin Community College District

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition ($2,550 vs $6,124 at St Cloud Technical and Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI St Cloud Technical and Community College leads on 150%-time completion (43.6% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI St Cloud Technical and Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,124 vs $10,590 at Austin Community College District)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between St Cloud Technical and Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
Austin Community College District leads on in-state tuition at $2,550 versus $6,124 at St Cloud Technical and Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between St Cloud Technical and Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
St Cloud Technical and Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 43.6% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between St Cloud Technical and Community College and Austin Community College District?▼
St Cloud Technical and Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,124 versus $10,590 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); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025