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After Professional Institute of Beauty: graduation, pay and debt

El Monte, California · For-profit · 90 undergrads

The typical student earns $16,886 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,001 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$16.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$3,001
median federal debt at graduation.
63%
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
52%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,634
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$14,991
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$16,886
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
18%

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
$3,001
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$2,976
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
63%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%

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