After Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Lowell, Massachusetts · For-profit · 59 undergrads

Graduates leave with $7,994 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$7,994

median federal debt at graduation.

38%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

62%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$44,170

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

34%

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

$7,994

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

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

38%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

46%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

54%

Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard

1.3%

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

Where these numbers come from