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Northern Tier Career Center vs Elmira College

Towanda, PA · Elmira, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:NY

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE PA × NY
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Elmira College: enrollment shrank -55.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -84 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • Northern Tier Career Center: enrollment ranged 20–41 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Northern Tier Career Center: acceptance rate eased +140.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.57).
  • Elmira College: acceptance rate eased +13.8% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.61).

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: Northern Tier Career Center vs Elmira College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Northern Tier Career Center leads on median debt at graduation ($14,750 vs $27,000 at Elmira College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Northern Tier Career Center leads on avg net price ($14,960 vs $22,386 at Elmira College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Elmira College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($57,550 vs $38,737 at Northern Tier Career Center)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Northern Tier Career Center and Elmira College?▼
Northern Tier Career Center leads on median debt at graduation at $14,750 versus $27,000 at Elmira College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Northern Tier Career Center and Elmira College?▼
Northern Tier Career Center leads on avg net price at $14,960 versus $22,386 at Elmira College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Northern Tier Career Center and Elmira College?▼
Elmira College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $57,550 versus $38,737 at Northern Tier Career Center. 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