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Hays Academy of Hair Design vs Kansas Wesleyan University

Salina, KS · Salina, KS · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · KS
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Kansas Wesleyan University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Kansas Wesleyan University: enrollment grew +34.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +19 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.
  • Hays Academy of Hair Design: enrollment ranged 40–69 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Hays Academy of Hair Design: net price ranged $9,769–$13,806 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +16.4% is not a trend (r² 0.15).
  • Kansas Wesleyan University: net price ranged $20,514–$25,808 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +12.1% is not a trend (r² 0.21).

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: Hays Academy of Hair Design vs Kansas Wesleyan University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Hays Academy of Hair Design leads on median debt at graduation ($9,833 vs $23,250 at Kansas Wesleyan University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Kansas Wesleyan University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($51,152 vs $23,712 at Hays Academy of Hair Design)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Hays Academy of Hair Design leads on 150%-time completion (84.1% vs 43.0% at Kansas Wesleyan University)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Hays Academy of Hair Design and Kansas Wesleyan University?▼
Hays Academy of Hair Design leads on median debt at graduation at $9,833 versus $23,250 at Kansas Wesleyan University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Hays Academy of Hair Design and Kansas Wesleyan University?▼
Kansas Wesleyan University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $51,152 versus $23,712 at Hays Academy of Hair Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Hays Academy of Hair Design and Kansas Wesleyan University?▼
Hays Academy of Hair Design leads on 150%-time completion at 84.1% versus 43.0% at Kansas Wesleyan 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