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Northeast Technical Institute vs Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook

Scarborough, ME · Westbrook, ME · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair ME:ME

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · ME
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Northeast Technical Institute: net price ranged $18,152–$35,025 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +65.9% is not a trend (r² 0.19).
  • Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook: average net price rose +54.0% from $11,871 (2013) to $18,283 (2023), r² 0.77.
  • Northeast Technical Institute: enrollment shrank -40.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -32 students/yr fitted, r² 0.73.
  • Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook: enrollment ranged 183–261 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Northeast Technical Institute vs Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Northeast Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($37,873 vs $24,126 at Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $8,708 at Northeast Technical Institute)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (61.1% vs 52.9% at Northeast Technical Institute)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Northeast Technical Institute and Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook?▼
Northeast Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $37,873 versus $24,126 at Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northeast Technical Institute and Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook?▼
Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $8,708 at Northeast Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Northeast Technical Institute and Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook?▼
Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 61.1% versus 52.9% at Northeast Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025