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After South Hills Beauty Academy: graduation, pay and debt

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · For-profit · 282 undergrads

The typical student earns $23,453 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,431 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$23.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$3,431
median federal debt at graduation.
60%
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
90%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$22,858
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,264
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,453
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
36%

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
$3,431
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$3,431
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,027
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,431
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
52%

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