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After The Hair Academy: graduation, pay and debt

Bismarck, North Dakota · For-profit · 56 undergrads

The typical student earns $31,370 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,630 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$31.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11.6k
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
73%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,950
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,986
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,370

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
$11,630
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$10,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$11,607
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
69%

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