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After SOHO Hair Academy: graduation, pay and debt

Council Bluffs, Iowa · For-profit · 50 undergrads

The typical student earns $17,349 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,425 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$17.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,425
median federal debt at graduation.
39%
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
69%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$26,909
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,197
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$17,349
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
14%

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
$9,425
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,550
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%

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