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After Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel: graduation, pay and debt

Laurel, Maryland · For-profit · 118 undergrads

Graduates leave with $16,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$16.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
40%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
63%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,989
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,399

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$16,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,833
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,833
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers