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Keystone College vs Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

La Plume, PA · Scranton, PA · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · PA
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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.

  • Keystone College: enrollment shrank -43.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -57 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County: enrollment ranged 50–76 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Keystone College: net price ranged $14,554–$25,895 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +47.5% is not a trend (r² 0.10).
  • 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: Keystone College vs Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on 150%-time completion (67.2% vs 38.4% at Keystone College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on median debt at graduation ($17,200 vs $26,000 at Keystone College)
  3. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Keystone College leads on acceptance rate (84.8% vs 100.0% at Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Keystone College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on 150%-time completion at 67.2% versus 38.4% at Keystone College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Keystone College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County leads on median debt at graduation at $17,200 versus $26,000 at Keystone College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between Keystone College and Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County?▼
Keystone College leads on acceptance rate at 84.8% versus 100.0% 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); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025