William Rainey Harper College vs Prince George's Community College

Palatine, IL · Largo, MD · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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Pair IL:MD

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × MD
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-PAR Debt 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.

  • Prince George's Community College: average net price rose +75.3% from $6,194 (2013) to $10,857 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • William Rainey Harper College: average net price fell -27.2% from $8,500 (2013) to $6,186 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • William Rainey Harper College: enrollment shrank -21.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -300 students/yr fitted, r² 0.87.
  • Prince George's Community College: enrollment shrank -37.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -520 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.

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: William Rainey Harper College vs Prince George's Community College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI William Rainey Harper College leads on 150%-time completion (46.6% vs 21.9% at Prince George's Community College)
  2. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Prince George's Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($8,762 vs $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Prince George's Community College leads on avg net price ($8,672 vs $11,607 at William Rainey Harper College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between William Rainey Harper College and Prince George's Community College?
William Rainey Harper College leads on 150%-time completion at 46.6% versus 21.9% at Prince George's Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between William Rainey Harper College and Prince George's Community College?
Prince George's Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $8,762 versus $11,874 at William Rainey Harper College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between William Rainey Harper College and Prince George's Community College?
Prince George's Community College leads on avg net price at $8,672 versus $11,607 at William Rainey Harper 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