Lake Erie College vs Auburn Career Center

Painesville, OH · Concord Twp, OH · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair OH:OH

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • 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 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.

  • Auburn Career Center: net price ranged $5,932–$20,703 across 10 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -57.4% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Lake Erie College: average net price rose +8.7% from $19,596 (2013) to $21,296 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Lake Erie College: enrollment shrank -19.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • Auburn Career Center: enrollment ranged 98–234 (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: Lake Erie College vs Auburn Career Center

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Auburn Career Center leads on median debt at graduation ($6,365 vs $26,000 at Lake Erie College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Lake Erie College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (76.1% vs 30.2% at Auburn Career Center)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Auburn Career Center leads on 150%-time completion (71.3% vs 40.1% at Lake Erie College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lake Erie College and Auburn Career Center?
Auburn Career Center leads on median debt at graduation at $6,365 versus $26,000 at Lake Erie College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Lake Erie College and Auburn Career Center?
Lake Erie College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 76.1% versus 30.2% at Auburn Career Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Lake Erie College and Auburn Career Center?
Auburn Career Center leads on 150%-time completion at 71.3% versus 40.1% at Lake Erie College. 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