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After Cosmetology Training Center: graduation, pay and debt

Lafayette, Louisiana · For-profit · 101 undergrads

The typical student earns $16,194 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,800 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$16.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,800
median federal debt at graduation.
68%
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
80%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$16,485
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$22,026
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$16,194
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
19%

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
$7,800
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,350
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,200
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,238
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
75%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
72%

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