Somerset County Technology Center vs Commonwealth Technical Institute

Somerset, PA · Johnstown, PA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair PA:PA

MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · PA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Somerset County Technology Center: average net price rose +202.0% from $5,504 (2013) to $16,620 (2023), r² 0.67.
  • Commonwealth Technical Institute: average net price fell -50.1% from $25,810 (2013) to $12,882 (2023), r² 0.54.
  • Somerset County Technology Center: enrollment shrank -50.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -4 students/yr fitted, r² 0.58.
  • Commonwealth Technical Institute: enrollment shrank -35.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -11 students/yr fitted, r² 0.72.

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: Somerset County Technology Center vs Commonwealth Technical Institute

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Somerset County Technology Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($36,986 vs $20,040 at Commonwealth Technical Institute)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Somerset County Technology Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($37,558 vs $21,632 at Commonwealth Technical Institute)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Commonwealth Technical Institute leads on avg net price ($11,714 vs $14,444 at Somerset County Technology Center)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Somerset County Technology Center and Commonwealth Technical Institute?▼
Somerset County Technology Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $36,986 versus $20,040 at Commonwealth Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Somerset County Technology Center and Commonwealth Technical Institute?▼
Somerset County Technology Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $37,558 versus $21,632 at Commonwealth Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Somerset County Technology Center and Commonwealth Technical Institute?▼
Commonwealth Technical Institute leads on avg net price at $11,714 versus $14,444 at Somerset County Technology 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 earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025