Willamette University vs Phagans School of Beauty

Salem, OR · Salem, OR · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · OR
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

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.

  • Willamette University: enrollment shrank -22.6% over 2013–2023; fitted -78 students/yr fitted, r² 0.78.
  • Phagans School of Beauty: enrollment ranged 27–52 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Willamette University: net price ranged $23,663–$34,294 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -21.9% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Phagans School of Beauty: net price ranged $2,220–$10,479 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +18.9% is not a trend (r² 0.27).

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: Willamette University vs Phagans School of Beauty

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Willamette University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (83.6% vs 19.3% at Phagans School of Beauty)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Phagans School of Beauty leads on median debt at graduation ($8,656 vs $21,500 at Willamette University)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Willamette University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($56,911 vs $23,393 at Phagans School of Beauty)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Willamette University and Phagans School of Beauty?
Willamette University leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 83.6% versus 19.3% at Phagans School of Beauty. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Willamette University and Phagans School of Beauty?
Phagans School of Beauty leads on median debt at graduation at $8,656 versus $21,500 at Willamette University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Willamette University and Phagans School of Beauty?
Willamette University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $56,911 versus $23,393 at Phagans School of Beauty. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025