Private for-profit · Community college
Opelousas School of Cosmetology
Opelousas, Louisiana · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $13,081
- Avg net price
- 80%
- Grad / completion
- $26,459
- Median earnings
Opelousas School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Opelousas, Louisiana (distant town setting), enrolling 37 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Opelousas, Louisiana
Opelousas is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. French traders, called coureurs de bois (forest trappers and hunters), arrived in the Opelousas area in the early 1740s to trade with the Opelousas Indians. The French encouraged immigration to the Opelousas Post before they ceded Louisiana to Spain in 1762. The folk-rock singer Lucinda Williams mentions Opelousas in the song "Concrete and Barbed Wire" from her critically acclaimed album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 22 miles to Lafayette, LA
- To the ocean
- 49 miles
- Nearest airport
- 23 miles to Lafayette (LFT)
How Opelousas School of Cosmetology compares
Higher than 77% · #15 of 73 in Louisiana
Higher than 75%
Higher than 22% · #32 of 61 in Louisiana
Cheaper than 58% · #29 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana
Lower than 97%
Larger than 9%
Percentiles compare Opelousas School of 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 Louisiana.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White32%
- Black59%
- Hispanic8.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 37
- Student–faculty ratio
- 5 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 72%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $15,718
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
- $13,081
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 80%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,228
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,459
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 52%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,500. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 28 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 41°F
- Annual rain
- 61.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Grand Coteau, LA US station (8.1 mi from campus).
What Opelousas School of Cosmetology graduates study — and earn
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.