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Polaris Career Center vs Baldwin Wallace University

Middleburg Heights, OH · Berea, OH · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair OH:OH

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OH
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • 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

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Polaris Career Center: net price ranged $6,299–$13,495 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +107.1% is not a trend (r² 0.32).
  • Baldwin Wallace University: average net price rose +45.2% from $19,046 (2013) to $27,654 (2023), r² 0.94.
  • Polaris Career Center: enrollment ranged 173–350 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Baldwin Wallace University: enrollment shrank -16.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -68 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.

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: Polaris Career Center vs Baldwin Wallace University

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Polaris Career Center leads on median debt at graduation ($6,365 vs $27,000 at Baldwin Wallace University)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Polaris Career Center leads on avg net price ($9,931 vs $27,603 at Baldwin Wallace University)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Baldwin Wallace University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (77.2% vs 53.9% at Polaris Career Center)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Polaris Career Center and Baldwin Wallace University?▼
Polaris Career Center leads on median debt at graduation at $6,365 versus $27,000 at Baldwin Wallace University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Polaris Career Center and Baldwin Wallace University?▼
Polaris Career Center leads on avg net price at $9,931 versus $27,603 at Baldwin Wallace University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Polaris Career Center and Baldwin Wallace University?▼
Baldwin Wallace University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 77.2% versus 53.9% at Polaris Career Center. 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