Cosmetology Training Center
For-profit College in Lafayette, LA. Median 10-year earnings $16,194.
Students who entered Cosmetology Training Center reach a median of $16,194 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,800 — modest by four-year standards.
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. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. The undergraduate body is just 156, 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 156 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,789 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,171 at $0–30k against $15,402 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 65% get grants averaging $5,642, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 56% 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 · 32 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 | $9,171 |
| $30–48k | $11,635 |
| $48–75k | $12,053 |
| $75–110k | $16,155 |
| $110k+ | $15,402 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 87 of these 156 students, totalling $452,351 — an average of $5,199 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lafayette Parish) — 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)