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Penn Commercial Business/Technical School vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

Washington, PA · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:WA

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • 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

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.
  • Penn Commercial Business/Technical School: average net price fell -34.3% from $26,110 (2013) to $17,147 (2023), r² 0.54.
  • Penn Commercial Business/Technical School: enrollment shrank -35.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -10 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.
  • 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: Penn Commercial Business/Technical School vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median debt at graduation ($7,773 vs $11,638 at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Penn Commercial Business/Technical School leads on avg net price ($18,350 vs $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,333 vs $30,177 at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Penn Commercial Business/Technical School and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median debt at graduation at $7,773 versus $11,638 at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Penn Commercial Business/Technical School and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School leads on avg net price at $18,350 versus $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Penn Commercial Business/Technical School and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,333 versus $30,177 at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School. 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