Texas College
of Cosmetology-Abilene
For-profit College in Abilene, TX. Median 10-year earnings $21,685.
Students who entered Texas College of Cosmetology-Abilene reach a median of $21,685 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $6,333, 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 0.29 — 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. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. This is a small school — 171 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 171 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,683 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($14,381 versus $19,998), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 61% get grants averaging $8,297, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 61% take federal loans.
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 · 104 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 | $14,381 |
| $30–48k | $14,929 |
| $48–75k | $18,326 |
| $75–110k | $19,998 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 104 of these 171 students, totalling $425,968 — an average of $4,096 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Taylor County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026