School of Automotive Machinists & Technology vs Northwest Educational Center
Houston, TX · Houston, TX · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price
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FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-NET
- FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
- SAME-STATE Same state · TX
- NET-SPLIT Net-price split
- EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
- COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
- 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 · 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.
- Northwest Educational Center: enrollment ranged 69–246 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
- School of Automotive Machinists & Technology: enrollment shrank -34.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -8 students/yr fitted, r² 0.59.
- School of Automotive Machinists & Technology: average net price rose +17.6% from $22,421 (2013) to $26,359 (2023), r² 0.64.
- Northwest Educational Center: average net price rose +30.0% from $8,872 (2013) to $11,535 (2023), r² 0.57.
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
Avg Net Price
- Northwest Educational Center
- $11,265
Median Earnings (10 yr)
- Northwest Educational Center
- $25,442
Median Earnings (6 yr)
- Northwest Educational Center
- $23,502
150%-Time Completion
Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.
| Metric | School of Automotive Machinists & Technology Houston, TX | Northwest Educational Center Houston, TX |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Enrollment | 88 | 305 |
| Avg Net Price | $28,242 | $11,265 |
| Median Earnings (10 yr) | $57,529 | $25,442 |
| Median Earnings (6 yr) | $47,526 | $23,502 |
| 150%-Time Completion | 93.0% | 75.6% |
Largest gaps: School of Automotive Machinists & Technology vs Northwest Educational Center
- AVG-NET-PRICE Northwest Educational Center leads on avg net price ($11,265 vs $28,242 at School of Automotive Machinists & Technology)
- MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 School of Automotive Machinists & Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($57,529 vs $25,442 at Northwest Educational Center)
- MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 School of Automotive Machinists & Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($47,526 vs $23,502 at Northwest Educational Center)
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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions
On avg net price, who leads between School of Automotive Machinists & Technology and Northwest Educational Center?▼
Northwest Educational Center leads on avg net price at $11,265 versus $28,242 at School of Automotive Machinists & Technology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between School of Automotive Machinists & Technology and Northwest Educational Center?▼
School of Automotive Machinists & Technology leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $57,529 versus $25,442 at Northwest Educational Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between School of Automotive Machinists & Technology and Northwest Educational Center?▼
School of Automotive Machinists & Technology leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $47,526 versus $23,502 at Northwest Educational Center. 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