Capilo School
of Hair Design
For-profit College in Augusta, ME.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 92%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 295 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,745 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,452 at $0–30k, $21,655 at $110k+. About 68% get grants averaging $4,434, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 40% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 110 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 | $17,452 |
| $30–48k | $18,675 |
| $48–75k | $19,435 |
| $75–110k | $21,331 |
| $110k+ | $21,655 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 118 of these 295 students, totalling $586,897 — an average of $4,974 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kennebec County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)