Kenneth Shuler
School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek
For-profit College in Goose Creek, SC. Median 10-year earnings $25,088.
Ten-year median earnings of $25,088 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $5,858 — modest by four-year standards.
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. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 270 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,468 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,620 at $0–30k, $20,248 at $110k+. About 74% get grants averaging $4,711, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 63% 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 · 65 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 | $16,620 |
| $30–48k | $16,821 |
| $48–75k | $16,059 |
| $75–110k | $20,331 |
| $110k+ | $20,248 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 170 of these 270 students, totalling $1,049,819 — an average of $6,175 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Berkeley 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)