Gavilan College vs CET-Watsonville

Gilroy, CA · Watsonville, CA · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-OUTCOME

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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 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.
  • Gavilan College: enrollment shrank -16.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -134 students/yr fitted, r² 0.65.
  • Gavilan College: net price ranged $2,244–$6,835 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -62.3% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • 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).

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: Gavilan College vs CET-Watsonville

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI CET-Watsonville leads on 150%-time completion (76.8% vs 43.2% at Gavilan College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Gavilan College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (55.4% vs 34.4% at CET-Watsonville)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Gavilan College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($47,169 vs $32,986 at CET-Watsonville)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Gavilan College and CET-Watsonville?
CET-Watsonville leads on 150%-time completion at 76.8% versus 43.2% at Gavilan College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Gavilan College and CET-Watsonville?
Gavilan College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 55.4% versus 34.4% at CET-Watsonville. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Gavilan College and CET-Watsonville?
Gavilan College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $47,169 versus $32,986 at CET-Watsonville. 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