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Alaska Career College vs Charter College

Anchorage, AK · Anchorage, AK · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · AK
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Alaska Career College: enrollment shrank -23.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -14 students/yr fitted, r² 0.42.
  • Charter College: enrollment ranged 1,910–3,256 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Alaska Career College: net price ranged $14,170–$19,395 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +27.7% is not a trend (r² 0.18).
  • Charter College: net price ranged $17,691–$30,904 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +42.6% is not a trend (r² 0.02).

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: Alaska Career College vs Charter College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Alaska Career College leads on median debt at graduation ($7,377 vs $14,176 at Charter College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Alaska Career College leads on avg net price ($20,150 vs $34,860 at Charter College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Alaska Career College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (50.6% vs 38.7% at Charter College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Alaska Career College and Charter College?▼
Alaska Career College leads on median debt at graduation at $7,377 versus $14,176 at Charter College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Alaska Career College and Charter College?▼
Alaska Career College leads on avg net price at $20,150 versus $34,860 at Charter College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Alaska Career College and Charter College?▼
Alaska Career College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 50.6% versus 38.7% at Charter College. 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