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Guilford Technical Community College vs Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro

Jamestown, NC · Greensboro, NC · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · NC
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro: average net price rose +16.2% from $14,310 (2013) to $16,625 (2023), r² 0.67.
  • Guilford Technical Community College: net price ranged $8,349–$13,926 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +9.7% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Guilford Technical Community College: enrollment shrank -39.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -498 students/yr fitted, r² 0.93.
  • Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro: enrollment ranged 77–143 (2013–2023, 11 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: Guilford Technical Community College vs Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Guilford Technical Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($29,705 vs $20,172 at Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Guilford Technical Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($33,934 vs $24,407 at Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro leads on 150%-time completion (42.7% vs 31.2% at Guilford Technical Community College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Guilford Technical Community College and Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro?▼
Guilford Technical Community College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $29,705 versus $20,172 at Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Guilford Technical Community College and Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro?▼
Guilford Technical Community College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $33,934 versus $24,407 at Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Guilford Technical Community College and Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro?▼
Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro leads on 150%-time completion at 42.7% versus 31.2% at Guilford Technical Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025