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Mercer County Technical Education Center vs North Florida Technical College

Princeton, WV · Starke, FL · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair WV:FL

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

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE WV × FL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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.

  • Mercer County Technical Education Center: enrollment shrank -53.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -10 students/yr fitted, r² 0.54.
  • North Florida Technical College: enrollment ranged 43–255 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Mercer County Technical Education Center: net price ranged $348–$8,380 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -44.9% is not a trend (r² 0.19).
  • North Florida Technical College: net price ranged $1,720–$4,736 across 7 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +25.8% is not a trend (r² 0.00).

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: Mercer County Technical Education Center vs North Florida Technical College

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE North Florida Technical College leads on avg net price ($1,590 vs $2,225 at Mercer County Technical Education Center)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Mercer County Technical Education Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($36,860 vs $31,974 at North Florida Technical College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mercer County Technical Education Center leads on 150%-time completion (80.8% vs 73.8% at North Florida Technical College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Mercer County Technical Education Center and North Florida Technical College?▼
North Florida Technical College leads on avg net price at $1,590 versus $2,225 at Mercer County Technical Education Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Mercer County Technical Education Center and North Florida Technical College?▼
Mercer County Technical Education Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $36,860 versus $31,974 at North Florida Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mercer County Technical Education Center and North Florida Technical College?▼
Mercer County Technical Education Center leads on 150%-time completion at 80.8% versus 73.8% at North Florida Technical College. 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