Hays Academy
of Hair Design
For-profit College in Salina, KS. Median 10-year earnings $23,712.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,712 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,833 — 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. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 11:1 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. At 87 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 87 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,720 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($13,056 versus $19,260), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 53% of students at an average of $5,545. 45% 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 · 72 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 | $13,056 |
| $30–48k | $15,926 |
| $48–75k | $15,336 |
| $75–110k | $12,553 |
| $110k+ | $19,260 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 39 of these 87 students, totalling $343,257 — an average of $8,801 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Saline 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)