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Johnson College vs Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

Scranton, PA · Scranton, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · PA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Johnson College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Johnson College: enrollment grew +27.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +9 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County: enrollment ranged 50–76 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Johnson College: net price ranged $17,996–$19,832 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +9.5% is not a trend (r² 0.29).
  • Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County: net price ranged $10,898–$22,491 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -26.1% is not a trend (r² 0.23).

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: Johnson College vs Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Johnson College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $17,200 at Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on 150%-time completion (67.2% vs 51.1% at Johnson College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Johnson College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($55,194 vs $45,555 at Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Johnson College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Johnson College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $17,200 at Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Johnson College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on 150%-time completion at 67.2% versus 51.1% at Johnson College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Johnson College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Johnson College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $55,194 versus $45,555 at Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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