Texas College
of Cosmetology-Lubbock
For-profit College in Lubbock, TX. Median 10-year earnings $21,685.
Students who entered Texas College of Cosmetology-Lubbock reach a median of $21,685 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,333 — 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 0.29 — 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. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 173 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,950 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($14,009 versus $20,488), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 57% of students at an average of $7,985. Borrowing is widespread: 57% 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 · 88 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 | $14,009 |
| $30–48k | $15,816 |
| $48–75k | $19,000 |
| $75–110k | $20,488 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 99 of these 173 students, totalling $402,937 — an average of $4,070 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lubbock County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026