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