Tri-State Cosmetology Institute
For-profit College in El Paso, TX. Median 10-year earnings $18,157.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $18,157, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $5,735, 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 0.32 — 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. 88% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 15:1 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. This is a small school — 209 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 209 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,520 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,014 at $0–30k against $20,499 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,964 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 59% 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 · 45 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 | $14,014 |
| $30–48k | $14,851 |
| $48–75k | $18,427 |
| $75–110k | $21,586 |
| $110k+ | $20,499 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 124 of these 209 students, totalling $622,633 — an average of $5,021 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026