National Career Education vs Perry Technical Institute

Citrus Heights, CA · Yakima, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair CA:WA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE CA × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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.

  • Perry Technical Institute: net price ranged $15,715–$23,292 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +48.2% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • National Career Education: average net price rose +30.6% from $18,988 (2013) to $24,800 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • National Career Education: enrollment grew +758.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +35 students/yr fitted, r² 0.62.
  • Perry Technical Institute: enrollment grew +25.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +15 students/yr fitted, r² 0.67.

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: National Career Education vs Perry Technical Institute

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA National Career Education leads on median debt at graduation ($7,853 vs $14,139 at Perry Technical Institute)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Perry Technical Institute leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (65.5% vs 40.4% at National Career Education)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($57,764 vs $38,015 at National Career Education)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between National Career Education and Perry Technical Institute?
National Career Education leads on median debt at graduation at $7,853 versus $14,139 at Perry Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between National Career Education and Perry Technical Institute?
Perry Technical Institute leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 65.5% versus 40.4% at National Career Education. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between National Career Education and Perry Technical Institute?
Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $57,764 versus $38,015 at National Career Education. 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