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Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie vs Cortiva Institute

Glen Burnie, MD · Linthicum, MD · largest Scorecard gap: 150%-time completion

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MD
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie: enrollment shrank -62.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -11 students/yr fitted, r² 0.86.
  • Cortiva Institute: enrollment ranged 135–458 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie: average net price rose +38.9% from $12,329 (2013) to $17,129 (2023), r² 0.89.
  • Cortiva Institute: average net price rose +57.2% from $18,052 (2013) to $28,383 (2023), r² 0.70.

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: Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie vs Cortiva Institute

  1. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Cortiva Institute leads on 150%-time completion (68.3% vs 31.1% at Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Cortiva Institute leads on median debt at graduation ($7,785 vs $13,000 at Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie leads on avg net price ($16,199 vs $26,328 at Cortiva Institute)

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150%-Time Completion and other Scorecard questions

On 150%-time completion, who leads between Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie and Cortiva Institute?▼
Cortiva Institute leads on 150%-time completion at 68.3% versus 31.1% at Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie and Cortiva Institute?▼
Cortiva Institute leads on median debt at graduation at $7,785 versus $13,000 at Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie and Cortiva Institute?▼
Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie leads on avg net price at $16,199 versus $26,328 at Cortiva Institute. 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