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Metro Beauty Academy vs Universal Spa Training Academy

Allentown, PA · Downers Grove, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × IL
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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.

  • Universal Spa Training Academy: average net price rose +102.8% from $10,133 (2013) to $20,547 (2023), r² 0.88.
  • Metro Beauty Academy: net price ranged $13,829–$20,798 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +38.1% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Metro Beauty Academy: enrollment ranged 123–206 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Universal Spa Training Academy: enrollment ranged 58–162 (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: Metro Beauty Academy vs Universal Spa Training Academy

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($41,928 vs $33,859 at Metro Beauty Academy)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($7,283 vs $8,028 at Metro Beauty Academy)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Metro Beauty Academy leads on avg net price ($20,756 vs $21,965 at Universal Spa Training Academy)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Metro Beauty Academy and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $41,928 versus $33,859 at Metro Beauty Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Metro Beauty Academy and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $7,283 versus $8,028 at Metro Beauty Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Metro Beauty Academy and Universal Spa Training Academy?▼
Metro Beauty Academy leads on avg net price at $20,756 versus $21,965 at Universal Spa Training 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 earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025