Kenneth Shuler
School of Cosmetology-North Augusta
For-profit College in North Augusta, SC. Median 10-year earnings $25,542.
Students who entered Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta reach a median of $25,542 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,661 — 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 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 93%, 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. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 211 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,890 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,229 versus $22,237), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 80% get grants averaging $5,333, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 63% 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 · 37 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 | $16,229 |
| $30–48k | $16,609 |
| $48–75k | $18,163 |
| $75–110k | $21,562 |
| $110k+ | $22,237 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 132 of these 211 students, totalling $903,809 — an average of $6,847 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Aiken County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)