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CET-Watsonville vs Riverland Community College

Watsonville, CA · Austin, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair CA:MN

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × MN
  • 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.

  • CET-Watsonville: enrollment ranged 61–163 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Riverland Community College: enrollment shrank -24.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -47 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • CET-Watsonville: net price ranged $1,532–$13,556 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -86.7% is not a trend (r² 0.03).
  • Riverland Community College: net price ranged $8,463–$10,217 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.37).

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: CET-Watsonville vs Riverland Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA CET-Watsonville leads on median debt at graduation ($7,041 vs $12,000 at Riverland Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI CET-Watsonville leads on 150%-time completion (76.8% vs 52.6% at Riverland Community College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE CET-Watsonville leads on avg net price ($5,198 vs $7,427 at Riverland Community College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between CET-Watsonville and Riverland Community College?▼
CET-Watsonville leads on median debt at graduation at $7,041 versus $12,000 at Riverland Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between CET-Watsonville and Riverland Community College?▼
CET-Watsonville leads on 150%-time completion at 76.8% versus 52.6% at Riverland Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between CET-Watsonville and Riverland Community College?▼
CET-Watsonville leads on avg net price at $5,198 versus $7,427 at Riverland Community 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