Stage One-The
Hair School
For-profit College in Lake Charles, LA. Median 10-year earnings $17,390.
Ten-year median earnings of $17,390 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,833.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 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. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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 100 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,672 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: $11,129 at $0–30k, $17,273 at $110k+. About 72% get grants averaging $5,901, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 60% 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 · 44 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 | $11,129 |
| $30–48k | $11,352 |
| $48–75k | $11,016 |
| $75–110k | $15,424 |
| $110k+ | $17,273 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 60 of these 100 students, totalling $289,000 — an average of $4,817 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Calcasieu Parish) — 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)