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Paramount Beauty Academy vs Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, OH · Portsmouth, OH · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • Paramount Beauty Academy: average net price rose +65.9% from $10,776 (2013) to $17,877 (2023), r² 0.65.
  • Shawnee State University: net price ranged $10,260–$16,320 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.6% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Paramount Beauty Academy: enrollment ranged 33–101 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Shawnee State University: enrollment shrank -44.0% over 2013–2023; fitted -167 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: Paramount Beauty Academy vs Shawnee State University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Shawnee State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,080 vs $14,941 at Paramount Beauty Academy)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Paramount Beauty Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($9,833 vs $23,000 at Shawnee State University)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Paramount Beauty Academy leads on 150%-time completion (89.0% vs 45.4% at Shawnee State University)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Paramount Beauty Academy and Shawnee State University?▼
Shawnee State University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,080 versus $14,941 at Paramount Beauty Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Paramount Beauty Academy and Shawnee State University?▼
Paramount Beauty Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $9,833 versus $23,000 at Shawnee State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Paramount Beauty Academy and Shawnee State University?▼
Paramount Beauty Academy leads on 150%-time completion at 89.0% versus 45.4% at Shawnee State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025