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Texas Southmost College vs Taft College

Brownsville, TX · Taft, CA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair TX:CA

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

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

  • Texas Southmost College: enrollment shrank -66.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -510 students/yr fitted, r² 0.42.
  • Taft College: enrollment ranged 3,208–5,704 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Texas Southmost College: net price ranged $2,889–$7,793 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -30.0% is not a trend (r² 0.08).
  • Taft College: net price ranged $2,699–$10,167 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -55.2% is not a trend (r² 0.06).

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: Texas Southmost College vs Taft College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION Taft College leads on in-state tuition ($1,108 vs $3,148 at Texas Southmost College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Texas Southmost College leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,948 vs $10,852 at Taft College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Taft College leads on avg net price ($2,823 vs $3,085 at Texas Southmost College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between Texas Southmost College and Taft College?▼
Taft College leads on in-state tuition at $1,108 versus $3,148 at Texas Southmost College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Texas Southmost College and Taft College?▼
Texas Southmost College leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,948 versus $10,852 at Taft College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Texas Southmost College and Taft College?▼
Taft College leads on avg net price at $2,823 versus $3,085 at Texas Southmost 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