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Stanly Community College vs Houston City College

Albemarle, NC · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair NC:TX

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NC × TX
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings 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

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.

  • Stanly Community College: average net price fell -63.1% from $11,415 (2013) to $4,215 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Houston City College: net price ranged $4,813–$9,646 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -22.3% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Stanly Community College: enrollment shrank -40.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -90 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Houston City College: enrollment shrank -34.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -2,298 students/yr fitted, r² 0.75.

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: Stanly Community College vs Houston City College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Stanly Community College leads on 150%-time completion (53.9% vs 16.8% at Houston City College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,460 vs $8,816 at Stanly Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Houston City College leads on in-state tuition ($2,040 vs $2,672 at Stanly Community College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Stanly Community College and Houston City College?▼
Stanly Community College leads on 150%-time completion at 53.9% versus 16.8% at Houston City College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Stanly Community College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,460 versus $8,816 at Stanly Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Stanly Community College and Houston City College?▼
Houston City College leads on in-state tuition at $2,040 versus $2,672 at Stanly 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