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Laurel Technical Institute vs Universal Spa Training Academy

Uniontown, PA · Downers Grove, IL · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × IL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt 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 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

Laurel Technical Institute 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.

  • Universal Spa Training Academy: enrollment ranged 58–162 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Laurel Technical Institute: enrollment grew +84.8% over 2013–2023; fitted +13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • Laurel Technical Institute: average net price rose +35.5% from $7,441 (2013) to $10,086 (2023), r² 0.45.
  • Universal Spa Training Academy: average net price rose +102.8% from $10,133 (2013) to $20,547 (2023), r² 0.88.

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: Laurel Technical Institute vs Universal Spa Training Academy

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Laurel Technical Institute leads on avg net price ($7,825 vs $21,965 at Universal Spa Training Academy)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($7,283 vs $12,000 at Laurel Technical Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($41,928 vs $30,819 at Laurel Technical Institute)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Laurel Technical Institute leads on avg net price at $7,825 versus $21,965 at Universal Spa Training Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $7,283 versus $12,000 at Laurel Technical Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Laurel Technical Institute and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $41,928 versus $30,819 at Laurel Technical Institute. 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