Downey Adult School vs Cabrillo College

Downey, CA · Aptos, CA · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Downey Adult School: enrollment ranged 613–1,317 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Cabrillo College: enrollment shrank -41.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -572 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • Downey Adult School: average net price rose +591.0% from $1,896 (2013) to $13,102 (2023), r² 0.93.
  • Cabrillo College: average net price rose +94.8% from $6,841 (2013) to $13,328 (2023), r² 0.74.

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: Downey Adult School vs Cabrillo College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Downey Adult School leads on 150%-time completion (45.6% vs 38.1% at Cabrillo College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Downey Adult School leads on avg net price ($13,695 vs $15,843 at Cabrillo College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Downey Adult School leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($46,851 vs $44,114 at Cabrillo College)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Downey Adult School and Cabrillo College?
Downey Adult School leads on 150%-time completion at 45.6% versus 38.1% at Cabrillo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Downey Adult School and Cabrillo College?
Downey Adult School leads on avg net price at $13,695 versus $15,843 at Cabrillo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Downey Adult School and Cabrillo College?
Downey Adult School leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $46,851 versus $44,114 at Cabrillo College. 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