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Pacific Northwest College of Art vs Aveda Institute-Portland

Portland, OR · Portland, OR · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OR
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • 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.

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art: average net price rose +42.0% from $28,758 (2013) to $40,846 (2023), r² 0.58.
  • Aveda Institute-Portland: net price ranged $12,004–$22,317 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -1.7% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Pacific Northwest College of Art: enrollment ranged 376–506 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Aveda Institute-Portland: enrollment shrank -50.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -13 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.

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: Pacific Northwest College of Art vs Aveda Institute-Portland

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Aveda Institute-Portland leads on median debt at graduation ($6,826 vs $25,000 at Pacific Northwest College of Art)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Aveda Institute-Portland leads on 150%-time completion (71.2% vs 35.6% at Pacific Northwest College of Art)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Aveda Institute-Portland leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($29,329 vs $24,101 at Pacific Northwest College of Art)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Aveda Institute-Portland?▼
Aveda Institute-Portland leads on median debt at graduation at $6,826 versus $25,000 at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Aveda Institute-Portland?▼
Aveda Institute-Portland leads on 150%-time completion at 71.2% versus 35.6% at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Pacific Northwest College of Art and Aveda Institute-Portland?▼
Aveda Institute-Portland leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $29,329 versus $24,101 at Pacific Northwest College of Art. 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