Lancaster School
of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork
For-profit College in Lancaster, PA. Median 10-year earnings $29,738.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,738 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $3,167, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.11 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention drops to 59% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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 403 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,230 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,794 at $0–30k, $15,359 at $110k+. Only 24% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 48% 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 · 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 | $9,794 |
| $30–48k | $8,570 |
| $48–75k | $11,189 |
| $75–110k | $14,505 |
| $110k+ | $15,359 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 193 of these 403 students, totalling $672,475 — an average of $3,484 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)