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Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

Hoover, AL · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair AL:WA

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE AL × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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.

  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: average net price rose +65.3% from $18,564 (2013) to $30,692 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham: average net price fell -17.3% from $16,610 (2013) to $13,735 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham: enrollment ranged 105–221 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: enrollment shrank -45.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -25 students/yr fitted, r² 0.51.

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-Birmingham vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,333 vs $21,295 at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($32,491 vs $24,367 at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (54.7% vs 41.3% at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,333 versus $21,295 at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $32,491 versus $24,367 at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 54.7% versus 41.3% at Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham. 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