Wade College vs KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts

Dallas, TX · Dallas, TX · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · TX
  • 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.

  • KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts: average net price rose +20.3% from $20,080 (2013) to $24,148 (2023), r² 0.46.
  • Wade College: net price ranged $17,438–$22,461 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.1% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Wade College: enrollment ranged 151–216 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts: enrollment shrank -43.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -6 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.

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: Wade College vs KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on median debt at graduation ($12,750 vs $22,938 at Wade College)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on 150%-time completion (75.3% vs 51.4% at Wade College)
  3. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (35.8% vs 25.9% at Wade College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Wade College and KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts?
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on median debt at graduation at $12,750 versus $22,938 at Wade College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Wade College and KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts?
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on 150%-time completion at 75.3% versus 51.4% at Wade College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Wade College and KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts?
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 35.8% versus 25.9% at Wade College. 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