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Wichita Technical Institute vs Ranken Technical College

Wichita, KS · Saint Louis, MO · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE KS × MO
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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.

  • Ranken Technical College: enrollment shrank -19.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -26 students/yr fitted, r² 0.43.
  • Wichita Technical Institute: enrollment ranged 706–1,157 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Wichita Technical Institute: net price ranged $16,746–$22,034 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -15.9% is not a trend (r² 0.22).
  • Ranken Technical College: net price ranged $13,989–$18,359 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -6.0% is not a trend (r² 0.03).

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: Wichita Technical Institute vs Ranken Technical College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Ranken Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (64.6% vs 29.8% at Wichita Technical Institute)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Ranken Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($51,342 vs $29,006 at Wichita Technical Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Ranken Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($55,955 vs $34,101 at Wichita Technical Institute)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Wichita Technical Institute and Ranken Technical College?▼
Ranken Technical College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 64.6% versus 29.8% at Wichita Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Wichita Technical Institute and Ranken Technical College?▼
Ranken Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $51,342 versus $29,006 at Wichita Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Wichita Technical Institute and Ranken Technical College?▼
Ranken Technical College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $55,955 versus $34,101 at Wichita Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025