Western Technical College vs Universal Spa Training Academy

El Paso, TX · Downers Grove, IL · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair TX:IL

FOR-PROFIT-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • FOR-PROFIT-PAIR For-profit pair
  • CROSS-STATE TX × IL
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • 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 ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Western Technical College posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Universal Spa Training Academy: enrollment ranged 58–162 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Western Technical College: enrollment grew +40.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +42 students/yr fitted, r² 0.69.

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: Western Technical College vs Universal Spa Training Academy

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation ($7,283 vs $17,277 at Western Technical College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Western Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($35,035 vs $23,567 at Universal Spa Training Academy)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Universal Spa Training Academy leads on 150%-time completion (95.1% vs 71.6% at Western Technical College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Technical College and Universal Spa Training Academy?
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on median debt at graduation at $7,283 versus $17,277 at Western Technical College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Western Technical College and Universal Spa Training Academy?
Western Technical College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $35,035 versus $23,567 at Universal Spa Training Academy. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Western Technical College and Universal Spa Training Academy?
Universal Spa Training Academy leads on 150%-time completion at 95.1% versus 71.6% at Western Technical 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