March 23, 2026
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Franklin Cummings Tech — Improving Alumni Economic Mobility
How earnings data uncovered a 33% wage gap between two programs — and changed the path for every student.
Franklin Cummings Tech is a Boston-area technical college and the only one in Massachusetts where the majority of students are men of color. Quality outcomes data from CredLens revealed that 2-year automotive technology degree graduates were out-earning 1-year certificate program peers by 33% just 24 months after graduation. Read the case study to see how FC Tech turned that insight into a concrete change in how they guide students.
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