Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Hair Professionals Career College

Palos Hills, IL · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$447,450 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−185%Modeled 10-year ROI
$24,417Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$447,450at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$241,6200
2
4
6
8
−$447,45010
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$15,405
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$20,010
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$15,405Average net price / year
$20,010Cost of attendance
$24,417Median earnings · year 5 after completion
71.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
86Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

14thEarnings percentile
70thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$16,887Year 1
$21,122Year 4
$24,417Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$10,734

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.