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After Butte Academy of Beauty Culture: graduation, pay and debt

Butte, Montana · For-profit · 13 undergrads

Graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$5,500
median federal debt at graduation.
26%
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
70%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,738
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$17,200

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
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
26%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%

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