American Career College-Los Angeles vs Universal Spa Training Academy

Los Angeles, CA · Downers Grove, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair CA:IL

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE CA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Universal Spa Training Academy: average net price rose +102.8% from $10,133 (2013) to $20,547 (2023), r² 0.88.
  • American Career College-Los Angeles: net price ranged $18,560–$28,592 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +6.3% is not a trend (r² 0.17).
  • American Career College-Los Angeles: enrollment ranged 1,237–2,066 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Universal Spa Training Academy: enrollment ranged 58–162 (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: American Career College-Los Angeles vs Universal Spa Training Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 American Career College-Los Angeles leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,013 vs $23,567 at Universal Spa Training Academy)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Universal Spa Training Academy leads on avg net price ($21,965 vs $32,408 at American Career College-Los Angeles)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($7,283 vs $9,500 at American Career College-Los Angeles)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between American Career College-Los Angeles and Universal Spa Training Academy?
American Career College-Los Angeles leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,013 versus $23,567 at Universal Spa Training Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between American Career College-Los Angeles and Universal Spa Training Academy?
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on avg net price at $21,965 versus $32,408 at American Career College-Los Angeles. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between American Career College-Los Angeles and Universal Spa Training Academy?
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $7,283 versus $9,500 at American Career College-Los Angeles. 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025