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After Phagans School of Beauty: graduation, pay and debt

Salem, Oregon · For-profit · 38 undergrads

The typical student earns $23,393 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,656 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$23.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,656
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
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
71%
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
1.7%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,440
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,163
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,393

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
$8,656
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,170
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
17%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%

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