San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield vs Carrington College-Sacramento

Bakersfield, CA · Sacramento, CA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Carrington College-Sacramento: enrollment ranged 1,124–3,261 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield: enrollment grew +27.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +18 students/yr fitted, r² 0.83.
  • San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield: average net price rose +28.0% from $18,274 (2013) to $23,393 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • Carrington College-Sacramento: average net price rose +120.6% from $16,838 (2013) to $37,143 (2023), r² 0.84.

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: San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield vs Carrington College-Sacramento

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield leads on avg net price ($23,351 vs $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Carrington College-Sacramento leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (45.4% vs 36.0% at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield leads on median debt at graduation ($10,674 vs $11,537 at Carrington College-Sacramento)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield and Carrington College-Sacramento?
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield leads on avg net price at $23,351 versus $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield and Carrington College-Sacramento?
Carrington College-Sacramento leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 45.4% versus 36.0% at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield and Carrington College-Sacramento?
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield leads on median debt at graduation at $10,674 versus $11,537 at Carrington College-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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