Stylemaster College
of Hair Design
For-profit College in Longview, WA. Median 10-year earnings $20,580.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $20,580, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $8,953, 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.
- ✓ 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. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. The undergraduate body is just 90, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 90 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,379 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 ($6,387 versus $14,361), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $7,060. 58% 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 · 39 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 | $6,387 |
| $30–48k | $5,486 |
| $48–75k | $6,206 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $14,361 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 52 of these 90 students, totalling $301,854 — an average of $5,805 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cowlitz County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026