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