Mississippi Barber Academy vs Tougaloo College

Jackson, MS · Tougaloo, MS · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair MS:MS

MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MS
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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 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.

  • Mississippi Barber Academy: average net price rose +188.2% from $6,964 (2013) to $20,068 (2023), r² 0.69.
  • Tougaloo College: net price ranged $9,359–$15,820 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +39.1% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Mississippi Barber Academy: enrollment ranged 53–121 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Tougaloo College: enrollment shrank -32.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -38 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.

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: Mississippi Barber Academy vs Tougaloo College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Mississippi Barber Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($6,786 vs $30,046 at Tougaloo College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Mississippi Barber Academy leads on 150%-time completion (62.9% vs 32.7% at Tougaloo College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Tougaloo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($34,724 vs $22,284 at Mississippi Barber Academy)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Mississippi Barber Academy and Tougaloo College?
Mississippi Barber Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $6,786 versus $30,046 at Tougaloo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Mississippi Barber Academy and Tougaloo College?
Mississippi Barber Academy leads on 150%-time completion at 62.9% versus 32.7% at Tougaloo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Mississippi Barber Academy and Tougaloo College?
Tougaloo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $34,724 versus $22,284 at Mississippi Barber 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