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The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

Altoona, PA · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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

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

  • The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona: enrollment ranged 29–71 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: enrollment shrank -45.3% over 2013–2023; fitted -25 students/yr fitted, r² 0.51.
  • The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona: average net price rose +181.8% from $7,287 (2013) to $20,533 (2023), r² 0.83.
  • Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle: average net price rose +65.3% from $18,564 (2013) to $30,692 (2023), r² 0.50.

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: The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona vs Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($32,491 vs $20,809 at The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona leads on avg net price ($15,796 vs $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $7,773 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $32,491 versus $20,809 at The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona leads on avg net price at $15,796 versus $23,787 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona and Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle?▼
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $7,773 at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle. 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