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Columbia College vs Universal Spa Training Academy

Vienna, VA · Downers Grove, IL · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

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.
  • Columbia College: net price ranged $5,157–$11,697 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +92.4% is not a trend (r² 0.37).
  • Columbia College: enrollment shrank -19.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.50.
  • 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: Columbia College vs Universal Spa Training Academy

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Columbia College leads on avg net price ($10,171 vs $21,965 at Universal Spa Training Academy)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($41,928 vs $22,160 at Columbia College)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Universal Spa Training Academy leads on 150%-time completion (95.1% vs 75.4% at Columbia College)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Columbia College and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Columbia College leads on avg net price at $10,171 versus $21,965 at Universal Spa Training Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Columbia College and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $41,928 versus $22,160 at Columbia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Columbia College and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on 150%-time completion at 95.1% versus 75.4% at Columbia College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025