Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield vs Innovate Salon Academy

South Plainfield, NJ · South Plainfield, NJ · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair NJ:NJ

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

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield vs Innovate Salon Academy

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Innovate Salon Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $11,730 at Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($42,500 vs $25,918 at Innovate Salon Academy)
  3. 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 Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield and Innovate Salon Academy?
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 Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield and Innovate Salon Academy?
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 Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield and Innovate Salon Academy?
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