Innovate Salon Academy vs Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield
South Plainfield, NJ · South Plainfield, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation
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FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT
- FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
- SAME-STATE Same state · NJ
- NET-SPLIT Net-price split
- DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
- COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
- 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
Innovate Salon Academy 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.
- Innovate Salon Academy: enrollment grew +144.6% over 2013–2023; fitted +14 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield: enrollment ranged 255–340 (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
Median Debt at Graduation
- Innovate Salon Academy
- $6,333
Median Earnings (6 yr)
- Innovate Salon Academy
- $25,918
Avg Net Price
- Innovate Salon Academy
- $42,607
150%-Time Completion
- Innovate Salon Academy
- 86.7%
Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.
| Metric | Innovate Salon Academy South Plainfield, NJ | Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield South Plainfield, NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Enrollment | 288 | 335 |
| Median Debt at Graduation | $6,333 | $11,730 |
| Median Earnings (6 yr) | $25,918 | $42,500 |
| Avg Net Price | $42,607 | $31,575 |
| 150%-Time Completion | 86.7% | 76.5% |
Largest gaps: Innovate Salon Academy vs Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield
- MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Innovate Salon Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $11,730 at Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield)
- MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($42,500 vs $25,918 at Innovate Salon Academy)
- AVG-NET-PRICE Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield leads on avg net price ($31,575 vs $42,607 at Innovate Salon Academy)
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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Innovate Salon Academy and Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield?▼
Innovate Salon Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $11,730 at Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Innovate Salon Academy and Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield?▼
Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $42,500 versus $25,918 at Innovate Salon Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Innovate Salon Academy and Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield?▼
Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield leads on avg net price at $31,575 versus $42,607 at Innovate Salon Academy. 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