Private for-profit · Community college

Joseph's College Cosmetology

Lincoln, Nebraska · Large city

#2 graduation rate in Nebraska

0%
Transfer rate: $10,125
Avg net price: 88%
Grad / completion: $23,032
Median earnings

Joseph's College Cosmetology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lincoln, Nebraska (large city setting), enrolling 92 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 92 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Before the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. The Pawnee, which included four tribes, lived in villages along the Platte River. Since Pinnacle Bank Arena opened in 2013, Lincoln's music scene has grown to the point where it is sometimes called a "Music City". Primary venues for live music include Pinnacle Bank Arena, Bourbon Theatre, Duffy's Tavern, and the Zoo Bar. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Lincoln, NE
To Great Lakes shore: 466 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Lincoln (LNK)

How Joseph's College Cosmetology compares

Graduation rate88%

Higher than 87% · #2 of 17 in Nebraska

First-year retention77%

Higher than 58%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,032

Higher than 12% · #14 of 14 in Nebraska

Average net price$10,125

Cheaper than 70% · #8 cheapest of 16 in Nebraska

Median debt at graduation$12,000

Lower than 29%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment92

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare Joseph's College Cosmetology 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 Nebraska.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women8795%
Men55%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White68%
Black4.3%
Hispanic16%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 92
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 62%
First-generation students: 47%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $20,293

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: $10,125

Outcomes

Graduated: 88%
First-year retention: 77%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,617
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,032
Median debt at graduation: $12,000
Students with federal loans: 54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 28%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$7,099

$30–48k

$9,756

$48–75k

$6,961

$75–110k

$15,261

$110k+

$18,306

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?

Joseph's College Cosmetology 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): $23,032
Typical debt at graduation: $12,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 52%
Out-earn a HS grad: 18%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.2 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$23,162

Men

$20,031

Women out-earn men by $3,131 (16%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 87°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 32.3″
Annual snow: 26″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lincoln 8 Ene, NE US station (3.9 mi from campus).

What Joseph's College Cosmetology graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

53 grads$22k 1 yr$24k 5 yr$12k debt

53$22,479$23,593$12,000

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.