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After Sierra College of Beauty: graduation, pay and debt

Merced, California · For-profit · 245 undergrads

The typical student earns $18,519 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$18.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
81%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,701
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,222
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$18,519
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
12%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers