Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas vs Career Academy of Hair Design

Fayetteville, AR · Springdale, AR · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · AR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas: average net price fell -24.9% from $20,396 (2013) to $15,309 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • Career Academy of Hair Design: net price ranged $11,257–$14,889 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -8.9% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas: enrollment ranged 95–118 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Career Academy of Hair Design: enrollment ranged 169–364 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas vs Career Academy of Hair Design

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($29,106 vs $18,556 at Career Academy of Hair Design)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (74.4% vs 47.8% at Career Academy of Hair Design)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Career Academy of Hair Design leads on median debt at graduation ($6,365 vs $9,833 at Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas and Career Academy of Hair Design?
Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $29,106 versus $18,556 at Career Academy of Hair Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas and Career Academy of Hair Design?
Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 74.4% versus 47.8% at Career Academy of Hair Design. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas and Career Academy of Hair Design?
Career Academy of Hair Design leads on median debt at graduation at $6,365 versus $9,833 at Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas. 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