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Kirksville Area Technical Center vs Gordon Cooper Technology Center

Kirksville, MO · Shawnee, OK · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair MO:OK

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-PAR · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MO × OK
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 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.

  • Gordon Cooper Technology Center: enrollment shrank -77.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -83 students/yr fitted, r² 0.84.
  • Kirksville Area Technical Center: enrollment ranged 20–40 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Kirksville Area Technical Center: average net price fell -32.0% from $8,654 (2013) to $5,885 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • Gordon Cooper Technology Center: average net price moved -$1,643 → $4,513 over 2013–2023 (crossed zero, dollars only).

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: Kirksville Area Technical Center vs Gordon Cooper Technology Center

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Kirksville Area Technical Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($38,997 vs $34,450 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Gordon Cooper Technology Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($42,021 vs $40,517 at Kirksville Area Technical Center)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Kirksville Area Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion (86.1% vs 84.7% at Gordon Cooper Technology Center)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Kirksville Area Technical Center and Gordon Cooper Technology Center?▼
Kirksville Area Technical Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $38,997 versus $34,450 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Kirksville Area Technical Center and Gordon Cooper Technology Center?▼
Gordon Cooper Technology Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $42,021 versus $40,517 at Kirksville Area Technical Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Kirksville Area Technical Center and Gordon Cooper Technology Center?▼
Kirksville Area Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion at 86.1% versus 84.7% at Gordon Cooper Technology Center. 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