Academy Of
Hair Design
For-profit College in Jasper, TX. Median 10-year earnings $20,892.
Ten-year median earnings of $20,892 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,125.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 23% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 68 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 38 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,215 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $10,709 at $0–30k against $14,737 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $10,189, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 100% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 38 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,709 |
| $30–48k | $14,737 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 38 of these 38 students, totalling $274,018 — an average of $7,211 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jasper County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026