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Columbiana County Career and Technical Center vs Kent State University at Salem

Lisbon, OH · Salem, OH · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Columbiana County Career and Technical Center: average net price rose +479.3% from $1,988 (2013) to $11,517 (2023), r² 0.93.
  • Kent State University at Salem: net price ranged $8,050–$11,593 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +7.3% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Columbiana County Career and Technical Center: enrollment ranged 87–190 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Kent State University at Salem: enrollment shrank -34.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -66 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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: Columbiana County Career and Technical Center vs Kent State University at Salem

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Columbiana County Career and Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion (76.4% vs 29.5% at Kent State University at Salem)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Columbiana County Career and Technical Center leads on median debt at graduation ($12,109 vs $24,500 at Kent State University at Salem)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Kent State University at Salem leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($45,388 vs $33,552 at Columbiana County Career and Technical Center)

Columbiana County Career and Technical Center profile · Kent State University at Salem profile · Compare other colleges

150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Columbiana County Career and Technical Center and Kent State University at Salem?▼
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion at 76.4% versus 29.5% at Kent State University at Salem. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Columbiana County Career and Technical Center and Kent State University at Salem?▼
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center leads on median debt at graduation at $12,109 versus $24,500 at Kent State University at Salem. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Columbiana County Career and Technical Center and Kent State University at Salem?▼
Kent State University at Salem leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $45,388 versus $33,552 at Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. 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