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After California Beauty College: graduation, pay and debt

Modesto, California · For-profit · 73 undergrads

The typical student earns $22,255 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,369 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$22.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$4,369
median federal debt at graduation.
46%
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
88%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,518
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,158
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$22,255

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
$4,369
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,369
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%

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