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Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville vs Perry Technical Institute

Knoxville, TN · Yakima, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE TN × WA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • 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 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

Perry Technical Institute 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.

  • Perry Technical Institute: enrollment grew +25.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +15 students/yr fitted, r² 0.67.
  • Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville: enrollment ranged 654–1,300 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville: net price ranged $5,288–$14,983 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +47.4% is not a trend (r² 0.27).
  • Perry Technical Institute: net price ranged $15,715–$23,292 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +48.2% is not a trend (r² 0.32).

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: Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville vs Perry Technical Institute

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($57,387 vs $31,891 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($57,764 vs $37,235 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Perry Technical Institute leads on 150%-time completion (77.9% vs 70.8% at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $57,387 versus $31,891 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Perry Technical Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $57,764 versus $37,235 at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville and Perry Technical Institute?▼
Perry Technical Institute leads on 150%-time completion at 77.9% versus 70.8% at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville. 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