Western Area Career & Technology Center vs Central School of Practical Nursing

Canonsburg, PA · Norfolk, VA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × VA
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 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.

  • Western Area Career & Technology Center: enrollment shrank -56.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -8 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Central School of Practical Nursing: enrollment ranged 15–50 (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: Western Area Career & Technology Center vs Central School of Practical Nursing

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Central School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($59,399 vs $43,189 at Western Area Career & Technology Center)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Central School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($47,274 vs $42,272 at Western Area Career & Technology Center)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Central School of Practical Nursing leads on avg net price ($8,029 vs $8,066 at Western Area Career & Technology Center)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Western Area Career & Technology Center and Central School of Practical Nursing?
Central School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $59,399 versus $43,189 at Western Area Career & Technology Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Western Area Career & Technology Center and Central School of Practical Nursing?
Central School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $47,274 versus $42,272 at Western Area Career & Technology Center. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Western Area Career & Technology Center and Central School of Practical Nursing?
Central School of Practical Nursing leads on avg net price at $8,029 versus $8,066 at Western Area Career & 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025