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Unitek College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

Fremont, CA · Sacramento, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Carrington College-Sacramento: average net price rose +120.6% from $16,838 (2013) to $37,143 (2023), r² 0.84.
  • Unitek College: net price ranged $25,719–$53,917 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -9.6% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • Unitek College: enrollment grew +421.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +393 students/yr fitted, r² 0.85.
  • Carrington College-Sacramento: enrollment ranged 1,124–3,261 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Unitek College vs Carrington College-Sacramento

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Unitek College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($79,550 vs $39,633 at Carrington College-Sacramento)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Unitek College leads on avg net price ($25,179 vs $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Unitek College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($62,043 vs $37,870 at Carrington College-Sacramento)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Unitek College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
Unitek College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $79,550 versus $39,633 at Carrington College-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Unitek College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
Unitek College leads on avg net price at $25,179 versus $41,338 at Carrington College-Sacramento. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Unitek College and Carrington College-Sacramento?▼
Unitek College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $62,043 versus $37,870 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); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025