+69%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology rose 69% between 2017 and 2020 ($9.8k → $16.5k).
Alabama · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology
Jackson, Alabama. 102 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Alabama School of Nail Technology & 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.
+223%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology rose 223% between 2021 and 2024 (30 → 97).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (23.4% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alabama
Each tile compares this institution to the Alabama median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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Alabama median $39,017—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry90.9%
Alabama median 43.4%$16,500+69% · '17→'20
At program completion102+471% · '16→'24
latest IPEDS67.9%+15% · '16→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+15%
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology · retention rose
82.3% → 94.4%
+40%
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology · undergrad enrollment rose
17 → 97
+69%
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology · median debt rose
$9,771 → $16,500
-100%
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology · cohort default rate fell
33.3% → 0.0%
+615%
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology · pell share rose
0.0% → 30.8%
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alabama
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology graduates earn $X” — not “Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Alabama School of Nail Technology & 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.