Erie Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

Buffalo, NY · Chicago, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: average net price fell -42.4% from $8,515 (2013) to $4,902 (2023), r² 0.59.
  • Erie Community College: average net price rose +21.8% from $5,218 (2013) to $6,358 (2023), r² 0.43.
  • Erie Community College: enrollment shrank -48.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -570 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.
  • City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: enrollment shrank -65.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -305 students/yr fitted, r² 0.81.

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: Erie Community College vs City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Erie Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($34,042 vs $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation ($6,180 vs $9,250 at Erie Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Erie Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($41,228 vs $28,467 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Erie Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?
Erie Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $34,042 versus $22,119 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Erie Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College leads on median debt at graduation at $6,180 versus $9,250 at Erie Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Erie Community College and City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College?
Erie Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $41,228 versus $28,467 at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025