Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville vs Pro Way Hair School

Metric	Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville	Pro Way Hair School
Undergraduate enrollment	50	67
In-state tuition	$11,210	—
Out-of-state tuition	$11,210	—
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$16,796	$15,458
Median debt at graduation	$10,555	$12,500
Graduation rate	30.8%	60.0%
First-year retention	57.1%	75.0%
Median salary (10 yr)	$27,065	$21,586

Metric

Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville

Pro Way Hair School

Undergraduate enrollment

In-state tuition

$11,210

—

Out-of-state tuition

$11,210

—

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$16,796

$15,458

Median debt at graduation

$10,555

$12,500

Graduation rate

30.8%

60.0%

First-year retention

57.1%

75.0%

Median salary (10 yr)

$27,065

$21,586

What the numbers say

Pro Way Hair School costs less after aid — $15,458 a year versus $16,796, a difference of $1,338 annually, or roughly $5,352 across four years.
Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville graduates report higher median earnings — $27,065 against $21,586 ten years after entry.
Pro Way Hair School graduates a larger share of its students — 60.0% versus 30.8%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville comes out ahead at 1.6× versus 1.4×.

How to actually choose

Comparison tables are a starting point, not a decision. Three things matter more than anything in the table above:

Your real aid offer. Net price is an average across all income levels. Two students at the same school can pay amounts that differ by tens of thousands. Wait for actual award letters before ruling anything out on cost.
Your intended major. Earnings vary more between majors at one school than between schools for one major. A computer science graduate from the "lower earning" school here will likely out-earn a general studies graduate from the other.
Whether you will finish. Graduation rate is the metric most predictive of whether the money spent turns into a credential. Campus fit, support services, and commute all feed into it more than prestige does.

Visit before you commit

Both Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville and Pro Way Hair School run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.