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Pinnacle Career Institute vs Cabrillo College

Kansas City, MO · Aptos, CA · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair MO:CA

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MO × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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.

  • Cabrillo College: average net price rose +94.8% from $6,841 (2013) to $13,328 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Pinnacle Career Institute: net price ranged $14,189–$23,073 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +12.8% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Pinnacle Career Institute: enrollment ranged 221–807 (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: Pinnacle Career Institute vs Cabrillo College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (68.4% vs 33.3% at Pinnacle Career Institute)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Cabrillo College leads on avg net price ($15,843 vs $28,732 at Pinnacle Career Institute)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Pinnacle Career Institute leads on 150%-time completion (52.4% vs 38.1% at Cabrillo College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Cabrillo College?▼
Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 68.4% versus 33.3% at Pinnacle Career Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Cabrillo College?▼
Cabrillo College leads on avg net price at $15,843 versus $28,732 at Pinnacle Career Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pinnacle Career Institute and Cabrillo College?▼
Pinnacle Career Institute leads on 150%-time completion at 52.4% versus 38.1% at Cabrillo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025