After California Hair Design Academy: graduation, pay and debt

La Mesa, California · For-profit · 125 undergrads

The typical student earns $19,347 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,333 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$19.3k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,333

median federal debt at graduation.

47%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

83%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$15,702

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$23,629

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$19,347

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

29%

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

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$6,333

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$6,028

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

47%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

44%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

53%

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

Where these numbers come from