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Lake Washington Institute of Technology vs Salt Lake Community College

Kirkland, WA · Salt Lake City, UT · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WA × UT
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 · 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.

  • Salt Lake Community College: enrollment shrank -29.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -709 students/yr fitted, r² 0.97.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: enrollment ranged 1,522–2,237 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology: net price ranged $5,886–$9,582 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -18.5% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Salt Lake Community College: net price ranged $6,197–$8,690 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +6.9% is not a trend (r² 0.12).

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 Washington Institute of Technology vs Salt Lake Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Salt Lake Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,003 vs $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on avg net price ($6,817 vs $9,804 at Salt Lake Community College)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Salt Lake Community College leads on in-state tuition ($4,426 vs $5,997 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Lake Washington Institute of Technology and Salt Lake Community College?▼
Salt Lake Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,003 versus $15,047 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Lake Washington Institute of Technology and Salt Lake Community College?▼
Lake Washington Institute of Technology leads on avg net price at $6,817 versus $9,804 at Salt Lake Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Lake Washington Institute of Technology and Salt Lake Community College?▼
Salt Lake Community College leads on in-state tuition at $4,426 versus $5,997 at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. 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