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Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City vs Western Governors University

Holladay, UT · Salt Lake City, UT · 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 · UT
  • 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

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-Salt Lake City: average net price fell -16.0% from $16,323 (2013) to $13,704 (2023), r² 0.56.
  • Western Governors University: net price ranged $9,805–$12,349 across 9 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -15.4% is not a trend (r² 0.05).
  • Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City: enrollment grew +9.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +7 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.
  • Western Governors University: enrollment grew +282.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +9,481 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

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-Salt Lake City vs Western Governors University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Western Governors University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($69,572 vs $23,038 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Western Governors University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($60,615 vs $26,893 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Western Governors University leads on avg net price ($12,548 vs $22,214 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City and Western Governors University?▼
Western Governors University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $69,572 versus $23,038 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City and Western Governors University?▼
Western Governors University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $60,615 versus $26,893 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City and Western Governors University?▼
Western Governors University leads on avg net price at $12,548 versus $22,214 at Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City. 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