Joseph's College Cosmetology
For-profit College in Lincoln, NE. Six-year graduation rate 88%. Median 10-year earnings $23,032.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,032 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 88% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 88% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 88% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 7:1, 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. At 137 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 136 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,894 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,099 at the $0–30k band to $18,306 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $6,737. 54% 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 · 33 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 | $7,099 |
| $30–48k | $9,756 |
| $48–75k | $6,961 |
| $75–110k | $15,261 |
| $110k+ | $18,306 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 74 of these 136 students, totalling $641,422 — an average of $8,668 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)