Kenneth Shuler
School of Cosmetology-Columbia
For-profit College in West Columbia, SC. Median 10-year earnings $25,088.
Students who entered Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia reach a median of $25,088 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $5,858.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 147 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,176 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 ($14,055 versus $18,628), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 78% get grants averaging $4,187, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 64% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 28 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 | $14,055 |
| $30–48k | $14,098 |
| $48–75k | $17,265 |
| $75–110k | $17,086 |
| $110k+ | $18,628 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 94 of these 147 students, totalling $484,544 — an average of $5,155 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Richland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026