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Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

Lowell, MA · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair MA:WA

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · GAP-NET

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • 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 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.

  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: average net price rose +65.3% from $18,564 (2013) to $30,692 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute: net price ranged $13,612–$22,517 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +15.5% is not a trend (r² 0.20).
  • Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute: enrollment shrank -42.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -7 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.
  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: enrollment shrank -45.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -25 students/yr fitted, r² 0.51.

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: Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute leads on avg net price ($14,839 vs $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (54.7% vs 43.5% at Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($44,170 vs $35,333 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute leads on avg net price at $14,839 versus $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 54.7% versus 43.5% at Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $44,170 versus $35,333 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle. 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