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Ocean County Vocational-Technical School vs Western Iowa Tech Community College

Toms River, NJ · Sioux City, IA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NJ × IA
  • 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 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.

  • Ocean County Vocational-Technical School: net price ranged $6,597–$10,226 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +44.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: average net price rose +33.4% from $6,655 (2013) to $8,875 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • Ocean County Vocational-Technical School: enrollment ranged 316–541 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Western Iowa Tech Community College: enrollment shrank -27.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -101 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.

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: Ocean County Vocational-Technical School vs Western Iowa Tech Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Ocean County Vocational-Technical School leads on median debt at graduation ($5,500 vs $11,000 at Western Iowa Tech Community College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Ocean County Vocational-Technical School leads on 150%-time completion (67.6% vs 44.4% at Western Iowa Tech Community College)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on avg net price ($8,770 vs $10,828 at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Ocean County Vocational-Technical School and Western Iowa Tech Community College?▼
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School leads on median debt at graduation at $5,500 versus $11,000 at Western Iowa Tech Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Ocean County Vocational-Technical School and Western Iowa Tech Community College?▼
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School leads on 150%-time completion at 67.6% versus 44.4% at Western Iowa Tech Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Ocean County Vocational-Technical School and Western Iowa Tech Community College?▼
Western Iowa Tech Community College leads on avg net price at $8,770 versus $10,828 at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School. 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