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After Strand College of Hair Design: graduation, pay and debt

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · For-profit · 103 undergrads

The typical student earns $21,301 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,333 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$21.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,333
median federal debt at graduation.
28%
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
75%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,974
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$17,359
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,301

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
$6,333
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,333
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
44%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%

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