Imperial Valley College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

Imperial, CA · Sacramento, CA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair CA:CA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Carrington College-Sacramento: average net price rose +120.6% from $16,838 (2013) to $37,143 (2023), r² 0.84.
  • Imperial Valley College: net price ranged $1,111–$3,937 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -41.4% is not a trend (r² 0.17).
  • Imperial Valley College: enrollment ranged 6,156–7,500 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Carrington College-Sacramento: enrollment ranged 1,124–3,261 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Imperial Valley College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Imperial Valley College leads on avg net price ($1,115 vs $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($37,870 vs $28,114 at Imperial Valley College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($39,633 vs $34,487 at Imperial Valley College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Imperial Valley College and Carrington College-Sacramento?
Imperial Valley College leads on avg net price at $1,115 versus $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Imperial Valley College and Carrington College-Sacramento?
Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $37,870 versus $28,114 at Imperial Valley College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Imperial Valley College and Carrington College-Sacramento?
Carrington College-Sacramento leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $39,633 versus $34,487 at Imperial Valley College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025