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Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology vs Unitek College

San Fernando, CA · Hayward, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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 · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Unitek College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Unitek College: enrollment grew +270.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +27 students/yr fitted, r² 0.76.
  • Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology: enrollment ranged 21–50 (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: Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology vs Unitek College

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Unitek College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($87,877 vs $35,089 at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Unitek College leads on avg net price ($19,130 vs $24,340 at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Unitek College leads on 150%-time completion (67.8% vs 58.7% at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology and Unitek College?▼
Unitek College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $87,877 versus $35,089 at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology and Unitek College?▼
Unitek College leads on avg net price at $19,130 versus $24,340 at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology and Unitek College?▼
Unitek College leads on 150%-time completion at 67.8% versus 58.7% at Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology. 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