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Tarrant County College District vs Austin Community College District

Fort Worth, TX · Austin, TX · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair TX:TX

PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-OUTCOME

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Austin Community College District: average net price fell -34.4% from $9,610 (2013) to $6,306 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Tarrant County College District: net price ranged $5,147–$6,349 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +1.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Tarrant County College District: enrollment shrank -7.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -452 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • 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: Tarrant County College District vs Austin Community College District

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Tarrant County College District leads on 150%-time completion (29.3% vs 19.1% at Austin Community College District)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Tarrant County College District leads on avg net price ($4,337 vs $6,390 at Austin Community College District)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Tarrant County College District leads on in-state tuition ($1,863 vs $2,550 at Austin Community College District)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Tarrant County College District and Austin Community College District?▼
Tarrant County College District leads on 150%-time completion at 29.3% versus 19.1% at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Tarrant County College District and Austin Community College District?▼
Tarrant County College District leads on avg net price at $4,337 versus $6,390 at Austin Community College District. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Tarrant County College District and Austin Community College District?▼
Tarrant County College District leads on in-state tuition at $1,863 versus $2,550 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025