O'Briens Aveda Institute vs Saint Michael's College

Williston, VT · Colchester, VT · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · VT
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • O'Briens Aveda Institute: average net price rose +137.1% from $10,700 (2013) to $25,367 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Saint Michael's College: net price ranged $25,392–$30,142 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +10.2% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • O'Briens Aveda Institute: enrollment ranged 30–86 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Saint Michael's College: enrollment shrank -40.4% over 2013–2023; fitted -89 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.

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: O'Briens Aveda Institute vs Saint Michael's College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA O'Briens Aveda Institute leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $26,922 at Saint Michael's College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Saint Michael's College leads on avg net price ($25,239 vs $28,304 at O'Briens Aveda Institute)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Saint Michael's College leads on 150%-time completion (70.9% vs 67.7% at O'Briens Aveda Institute)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between O'Briens Aveda Institute and Saint Michael's College?▼
O'Briens Aveda Institute leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $26,922 at Saint Michael's College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between O'Briens Aveda Institute and Saint Michael's College?▼
Saint Michael's College leads on avg net price at $25,239 versus $28,304 at O'Briens Aveda Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between O'Briens Aveda Institute and Saint Michael's College?▼
Saint Michael's College leads on 150%-time completion at 70.9% versus 67.7% at O'Briens Aveda Institute. 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