Private for-profit · Community college

Cosmetology Training Center

Lafayette, Louisiana · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $12,130
Avg net price: 83%
Grad / completion: $16,194
Median earnings

Cosmetology Training Center is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lafayette, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 125 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 125 undergradsMidsize city

About Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish. French colonists founded the first European settlement, Petit Manchac, a trading post along the Vermilion River. The Lafayette metropolitan area has a large Louisiana Creole, Cajun, and substantial foreign-born population; an estimated 14,676 Lafayettiens were foreign-born residents in 2019. Additionally, more than 36% of foreigners came from Asia from 2014 to 2019. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Lafayette, LA
To the ocean: 25 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Lafayette (LFT)

How Cosmetology Training Center compares

Graduation rate83%

Higher than 82% · #12 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$16,194

Higher than 1% · #59 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$12,130

Cheaper than 62% · #24 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$7,800

Lower than 77%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment125

Larger than 33%

Percentiles compare Cosmetology Training Center with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White86%
Black10%
Asian0.8%
Other or multiracial3.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 125
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 23%
Median family income: $30,351

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $12,130

Outcomes

Graduated: 83%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $16,485
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $16,194
Median debt at graduation: $7,800
Students with federal loans: 56%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 79%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$9,171

$30–48k

$11,635

$48–75k

$12,053

$75–110k

$16,155

$110k+

$15,402

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Cosmetology Training Center funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $16,194
Typical debt at graduation: $7,800
Debt vs. one year's pay: 48%
Out-earn a HS grad: 14%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 41°F
Annual rain: 64.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lafayette, LA US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What Cosmetology Training Center graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

54 grads$14k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

54$14,052—$7,402

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.