Douglas Education Center vs Academy of Art University

Monessen, PA · San Francisco, CA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:CA

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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.

  • Academy of Art University: average net price rose +32.2% from $30,100 (2013) to $39,778 (2023), r² 0.73.
  • Douglas Education Center: net price ranged $24,516–$28,128 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -1.7% is not a trend (r² 0.06).
  • Douglas Education Center: enrollment shrank -26.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -8 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • Academy of Art University: enrollment shrank -59.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -625 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.

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: Douglas Education Center vs Academy of Art University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Douglas Education Center leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $31,000 at Academy of Art University)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Douglas Education Center leads on 150%-time completion (84.8% vs 37.9% at Academy of Art University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Douglas Education Center leads on in-state tuition ($19,450 vs $30,736 at Academy of Art University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Douglas Education Center and Academy of Art University?
Douglas Education Center leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $31,000 at Academy of Art University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Douglas Education Center and Academy of Art University?
Douglas Education Center leads on 150%-time completion at 84.8% versus 37.9% at Academy of Art University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Douglas Education Center and Academy of Art University?
Douglas Education Center leads on in-state tuition at $19,450 versus $30,736 at Academy of Art University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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