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