Graduate America College vs ABC Beauty Academy

Garland, TX · Richardson, TX · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair TX:TX

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings 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.

  • ABC Beauty Academy: net price ranged $2,795–$10,107 across 9 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +92.6% is not a trend (r² 0.10).
  • Graduate America College: average net price rose +47.3% from $10,302 (2013) to $15,171 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • Graduate America College: enrollment ranged 35–100 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • ABC Beauty Academy: enrollment ranged 19–72 (2013–2023, 9 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: Graduate America College vs ABC Beauty Academy

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE ABC Beauty Academy leads on avg net price ($9,323 vs $14,451 at Graduate America College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Graduate America College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($22,178 vs $16,263 at ABC Beauty Academy)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Graduate America College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($21,972 vs $19,991 at ABC Beauty Academy)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Graduate America College and ABC Beauty Academy?
ABC Beauty Academy leads on avg net price at $9,323 versus $14,451 at Graduate America College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Graduate America College and ABC Beauty Academy?
Graduate America College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $22,178 versus $16,263 at ABC Beauty Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Graduate America College and ABC Beauty Academy?
Graduate America College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $21,972 versus $19,991 at ABC Beauty Academy. 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