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