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Automeca Technical College-Ponce vs Perry Technical Institute

Ponce, PR · Yakima, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PR:WA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PR × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 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.

  • Automeca Technical College-Ponce: average net price fell -51.3% from $5,305 (2013) to $2,583 (2023), r² 0.53.
  • Perry Technical Institute: net price ranged $15,715–$23,292 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +48.2% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • Automeca Technical College-Ponce: enrollment ranged 148–289 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Perry Technical Institute: enrollment grew +25.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +15 students/yr fitted, r² 0.67.

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: Automeca Technical College-Ponce vs Perry Technical Institute

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Automeca Technical College-Ponce leads on median debt at graduation ($3,030 vs $14,139 at Perry Technical Institute)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Automeca Technical College-Ponce leads on avg net price ($4,834 vs $20,047 at Perry Technical Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($57,387 vs $21,983 at Automeca Technical College-Ponce)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Automeca Technical College-Ponce and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Automeca Technical College-Ponce leads on median debt at graduation at $3,030 versus $14,139 at Perry Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Automeca Technical College-Ponce and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Automeca Technical College-Ponce leads on avg net price at $4,834 versus $20,047 at Perry Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Automeca Technical College-Ponce and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $57,387 versus $21,983 at Automeca Technical College-Ponce. 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