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Plymouth State University vs Empire Beauty School-Laconia

Plymouth, NH · Laconia, NH · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · NH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Empire Beauty School-Laconia: enrollment ranged 53–103 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Plymouth State University: enrollment shrank -17.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -68 students/yr fitted, r² 0.52.
  • Plymouth State University: net price ranged $19,316–$21,829 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -0.0% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Empire Beauty School-Laconia: net price ranged $9,103–$15,082 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -21.3% is not a trend (r² 0.39).

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: Plymouth State University vs Empire Beauty School-Laconia

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Empire Beauty School-Laconia leads on median debt at graduation ($7,942 vs $26,000 at Plymouth State University)
  2. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Plymouth State University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.6% vs 38.4% at Empire Beauty School-Laconia)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Plymouth State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($57,304 vs $33,546 at Empire Beauty School-Laconia)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Plymouth State University and Empire Beauty School-Laconia?▼
Empire Beauty School-Laconia leads on median debt at graduation at $7,942 versus $26,000 at Plymouth State University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Plymouth State University and Empire Beauty School-Laconia?▼
Plymouth State University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.6% versus 38.4% at Empire Beauty School-Laconia. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Plymouth State University and Empire Beauty School-Laconia?▼
Plymouth State University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $57,304 versus $33,546 at Empire Beauty School-Laconia. 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