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Lancaster County Career and Technology Center vs United States Merchant Marine Academy

Willow Street, PA · Kings Point, NY · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.

  • Lancaster County Career and Technology Center: enrollment shrank -38.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -21 students/yr fitted, r² 0.79.
  • United States Merchant Marine Academy: enrollment ranged 904–1,028 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lancaster County Career and Technology Center: net price ranged $8,652–$15,866 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +83.4% is not a trend (r² 0.30).
  • United States Merchant Marine Academy: net price ranged $3,935–$7,506 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +75.6% is not a trend (r² 0.32).

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: Lancaster County Career and Technology Center vs United States Merchant Marine Academy

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on avg net price ($6,174 vs $17,505 at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($96,770 vs $44,987 at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($90,610 vs $44,566 at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Lancaster County Career and Technology Center and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on avg net price at $6,174 versus $17,505 at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lancaster County Career and Technology Center and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $96,770 versus $44,987 at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Lancaster County Career and Technology Center and United States Merchant Marine Academy?▼
United States Merchant Marine Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $90,610 versus $44,566 at Lancaster County Career and 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); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025