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The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek vs Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek

Battle Creek, MI · Battle Creek, MI · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · SAME-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MI
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

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.

  • The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek: average net price rose +44.7% from $13,379 (2013) to $19,365 (2023), r² 0.84.
  • Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek: net price ranged $18,307–$22,416 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +14.8% is not a trend (r² 0.12).
  • The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek: enrollment shrank -27.9% over 2013–2023; fitted -4 students/yr fitted, r² 0.62.
  • Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek: enrollment shrank -66.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -16 students/yr fitted, r² 0.74.

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-Battle Creek vs Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($26,485 vs $17,593 at The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek leads on median debt at graduation ($6,333 vs $9,500 at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($30,060 vs $21,504 at The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek and Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek?▼
Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $26,485 versus $17,593 at The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek and Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek?▼
The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek leads on median debt at graduation at $6,333 versus $9,500 at Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek and Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek?▼
Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $30,060 versus $21,504 at The Salon Professional Academy-Battle Creek. 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 (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025