After Elite Cosmetology School: graduation, pay and debt

PALM DESERT, California · For-profit · 123 undergrads

The typical student earns $17,966 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,164 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$18k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$8,164

median federal debt at graduation.

32%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

66%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$18,399

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$17,852

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$17,966

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

$8,164

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

$6,333

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

32%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

20%

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

Where these numbers come from