Center for Massage vs Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

Asheville, NC · Asheville, NC · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-OUTCOME

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · NC
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-OUTCOME Largest gap · 150%-Time Completion

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.

  • Center for Massage: average net price rose +59.7% from $10,172 (2013) to $16,242 (2023), r² 0.77.
  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: net price ranged $5,600–$12,851 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.4% is not a trend (r² 0.00).
  • Center for Massage: enrollment ranged 25–58 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: enrollment shrank -22.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -176 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.

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: Center for Massage vs Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Center for Massage leads on 150%-time completion (90.6% vs 35.7% at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Center for Massage leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $15,528 at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($32,630 vs $14,564 at Center for Massage)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Center for Massage and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College?
Center for Massage leads on 150%-time completion at 90.6% versus 35.7% at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Center for Massage and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College?
Center for Massage leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $15,528 at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Center for Massage and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College?
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $32,630 versus $14,564 at Center for Massage. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); 150%-time completion focus for this pair · 2025