College of
Hair Design-Downtown
For-profit College in Lincoln, NE. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $28,376.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,376 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 83% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
83% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 71% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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. The undergraduate body is just 105, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 105 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,904 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($17,075 versus $19,756), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 72% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,802 — common but not automatic. 49% 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 · 58 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 | $17,075 |
| $30–48k | $18,116 |
| $48–75k | $18,468 |
| $75–110k | $19,756 |
| $110k+ | $19,756 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 51 of these 105 students, totalling $395,065 — an average of $7,746 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lancaster 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)