-53pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 53 pp at Opelousas School of Cosmetology vs the 2003–2007 baseline (7.1% vs 60.3%).
Louisiana · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Opelousas School of Cosmetology
Opelousas, Louisiana. 10 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Opelousas School of Cosmetology
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-47%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Opelousas School of Cosmetology fell 47% between 2006 and 2009 (59.0% → 31.0%).
+17%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Opelousas School of Cosmetology rose 17% between 2000 and 2003 ($4.5k → $5.2k).
+17%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Opelousas School of Cosmetology rose 17% between 2000 and 2003 ($4.5k → $5.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Louisiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$26,459+45% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$18,228
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry7.1%-60% · '97→'09
Louisiana median 52.0%$6,500+86% · '08→'18
At program completion10+48% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS100.0%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—+17% · '00→'03
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $6,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $26,459 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-60%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · completion · 150% fell
76.7% → 31.0%
+86%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · median debt rose
$3,500 → $6,500
-100%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · cohort default rate fell
37.5% → 0.0%
+61%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · pell share rose
44.6% → 71.7%
+59%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$16,600 → $26,459
+23%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$15,400 → $18,969
+45%
Opelousas School of Cosmetology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$11,500 → $18,228
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Opelousas School of Cosmetology
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma at Opelousas School of Cosmetology(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Opelousas School of Cosmetology graduates earn $X” — not “Opelousas School of Cosmetology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Opelousas School of Cosmetology caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.