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Summit Salon Academy vs University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA · Tacoma, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • 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.

  • Summit Salon Academy: average net price rose +97.4% from $13,322 (2013) to $26,302 (2023), r² 0.72.
  • University of Puget Sound: net price ranged $23,215–$38,920 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +21.2% is not a trend (r² 0.02).
  • Summit Salon Academy: enrollment ranged 107–152 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • University of Puget Sound: enrollment shrank -35.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -101 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.

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: Summit Salon Academy vs University of Puget Sound

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Summit Salon Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($9,785 vs $25,000 at University of Puget Sound)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 University of Puget Sound leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($69,594 vs $31,648 at Summit Salon Academy)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Puget Sound leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($46,802 vs $26,625 at Summit Salon Academy)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Summit Salon Academy and University of Puget Sound?▼
Summit Salon Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $9,785 versus $25,000 at University of Puget Sound. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Summit Salon Academy and University of Puget Sound?▼
University of Puget Sound leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $69,594 versus $31,648 at Summit Salon Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Summit Salon Academy and University of Puget Sound?▼
University of Puget Sound leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $46,802 versus $26,625 at Summit Salon 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 debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025