Protege Academy vs HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing

East Lansing, MI · Miami, FL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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Pair MI:FL

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MI × FL
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

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.

  • HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing: enrollment shrank -60.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -5 students/yr fitted, r² 0.45.
  • Protege Academy: enrollment ranged 41–105 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

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: Protege Academy vs HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($72,275 vs $19,499 at Protege Academy)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing leads on avg net price ($9,109 vs $12,179 at Protege Academy)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Protege Academy and HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing?
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $72,275 versus $19,499 at Protege Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Protege Academy and HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing?
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing leads on avg net price at $9,109 versus $12,179 at Protege Academy. 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 (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025