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ATA College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

Louisville, KY · Sacramento, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair KY:CA

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE KY × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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.

  • Carrington College-Sacramento: enrollment ranged 1,124–3,261 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • ATA College: enrollment shrank -21.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.58.
  • ATA College: average net price rose +19.1% from $22,591 (2013) to $26,914 (2023), r² 0.71.
  • Carrington College-Sacramento: average net price rose +120.6% from $16,838 (2013) to $37,143 (2023), r² 0.84.

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: ATA College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median debt at graduation ($11,537 vs $21,030 at ATA College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Carrington College-Sacramento leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (45.4% vs 31.0% at ATA College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE ATA College leads on avg net price ($28,611 vs $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between ATA College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median debt at graduation at $11,537 versus $21,030 at ATA College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between ATA College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
Carrington College-Sacramento leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 45.4% versus 31.0% at ATA College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between ATA College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
ATA College leads on avg net price at $28,611 versus $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento. 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