Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · Garden Grove, CA
At Career Academy of Beauty, the Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services undergraduate certificate or diploma program reported $27,391 median earnings four years after completion and $6,513 median federal debt among 185 working graduates.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 releaseDownload source data ↗
01 · Published outcomes
Four-year median earnings were $27,391, five-year median earnings were $20,655, and median federal debt was $6,513 for the published program cohorts.
Earnings cover graduates who were working and not enrolled. Median debt uses a separate federal borrower cohort and is not a yearly payment.
02 · Same-field context
Among 353 published undergraduate certificate or diploma records in this field, earnings ranked at the 44th percentile and debt was lower than about 91% of peers.
Higher earnings than about 44% of published same-field, same-credential records.
Lower median debt than about 91% of published same-field, same-credential records.
Percentiles describe this published peer group; they are not a rating of instruction, selectivity, or individual outcomes.
03 · Comparison records
The comparison group contains 353 institution-program records with the same field and credential, at least 75 working graduates, and published earnings and debt.
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04 · Institution context
The Career Academy of Beauty institution report publishes school-level net price, completion, retention, undergraduate aid, and debt; those measures use cohorts separate from this program’s earnings and debt cohorts.
Garden Grove, California · Private for-profit
Answers at a glance
The program FAQ reports $27,391 four-year median earnings, $6,513 median federal debt, 185 working graduates, and 353 same-field peer records.
Median earnings were $27,391 four years after completion and $20,655 five years after completion for working graduates who were not enrolled.
The published median federal debt was $6,513 across a reported debt cohort of 230 borrowers.
Peers share CIP field 12.04 and the Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma credential level, have at least 75 working graduates, and have published earnings and debt medians.
