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CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering vs Career Academy of Beauty

Garden Grove, CA · Garden Grove, CA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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.

  • Career Academy of Beauty: net price ranged $10,959–$23,304 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +70.8% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering: average net price rose +68.0% from $10,814 (2013) to $18,165 (2023), r² 0.51.
  • CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering: enrollment grew +134.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +6 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Career Academy of Beauty: enrollment grew +24.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +5 students/yr fitted, r² 0.62.

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: CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering vs Career Academy of Beauty

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering leads on avg net price ($9,122 vs $17,769 at Career Academy of Beauty)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Career Academy of Beauty leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (61.4% vs 38.5% at CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Career Academy of Beauty leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $9,833 at CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering and Career Academy of Beauty?▼
CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering leads on avg net price at $9,122 versus $17,769 at Career Academy of Beauty. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering and Career Academy of Beauty?▼
Career Academy of Beauty leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 61.4% versus 38.5% at CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering and Career Academy of Beauty?▼
Career Academy of Beauty leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $9,833 at CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering. 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