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Youngstown State University vs Choffin Career and Technical Center

Youngstown, OH · Youngstown, OH · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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PUBLIC-PAIR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Choffin Career and Technical Center: average net price fell -19.4% from $16,906 (2013) to $13,618 (2023), r² 0.52.
  • Youngstown State University: net price ranged $10,922–$12,707 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -6.5% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Youngstown State University: enrollment shrank -36.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -375 students/yr fitted, r² 0.92.
  • Choffin Career and Technical Center: enrollment shrank -52.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -11 students/yr fitted, r² 0.84.

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: Youngstown State University vs Choffin Career and Technical Center

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Choffin Career and Technical Center leads on median debt at graduation ($5,500 vs $24,000 at Youngstown State University)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Choffin Career and Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion (81.0% vs 51.7% at Youngstown State University)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Youngstown State University leads on avg net price ($12,767 vs $17,141 at Choffin Career and Technical Center)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Youngstown State University and Choffin Career and Technical Center?▼
Choffin Career and Technical Center leads on median debt at graduation at $5,500 versus $24,000 at Youngstown State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Youngstown State University and Choffin Career and Technical Center?▼
Choffin Career and Technical Center leads on 150%-time completion at 81.0% versus 51.7% at Youngstown State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Youngstown State University and Choffin Career and Technical Center?▼
Youngstown State University leads on avg net price at $12,767 versus $17,141 at Choffin Career and Technical 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025