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Strayer University-Pennsylvania vs Northern Virginia Community College

Philadelphia, PA · Annandale, VA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:VA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × VA
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Northern Virginia Community College: enrollment shrank -28.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -1,425 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Strayer University-Pennsylvania: enrollment ranged 1,222–2,102 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Strayer University-Pennsylvania: net price ranged $21,360–$25,763 across 8 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -12.5% is not a trend (r² 0.34).
  • Northern Virginia Community College: net price ranged $8,554–$10,415 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -11.2% is not a trend (r² 0.12).

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: Strayer University-Pennsylvania vs Northern Virginia Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($11,000 vs $40,621 at Strayer University-Pennsylvania)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition ($5,891 vs $13,920 at Strayer University-Pennsylvania)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Northern Virginia Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (61.3% vs 42.4% at Strayer University-Pennsylvania)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Strayer University-Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $11,000 versus $40,621 at Strayer University-Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Strayer University-Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on in-state tuition at $5,891 versus $13,920 at Strayer University-Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Strayer University-Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia Community College?▼
Northern Virginia Community College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 61.3% versus 42.4% at Strayer University-Pennsylvania. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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