Milan Institute-Merced vs Cabrillo College

Merced, CA · Aptos, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

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

  • Milan Institute-Merced: enrollment ranged 148–336 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Cabrillo College: enrollment shrank -41.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -572 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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: Milan Institute-Merced vs Cabrillo College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Milan Institute-Merced leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $14,380 at Cabrillo College)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (68.4% vs 30.9% at Milan Institute-Merced)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cabrillo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($44,114 vs $24,879 at Milan Institute-Merced)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Milan Institute-Merced and Cabrillo College?
Milan Institute-Merced leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $14,380 at Cabrillo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Milan Institute-Merced and Cabrillo College?
Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 68.4% versus 30.9% at Milan Institute-Merced. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Milan Institute-Merced and Cabrillo College?
Cabrillo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $44,114 versus $24,879 at Milan Institute-Merced. 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