Private For-Profit · Council Bluffs, Iowa

SOHO Hair Academy

SOHO Hair Academy is a private for-profit institution in Council Bluffs, Iowa. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.

71.0%
150%-time completion
$13,198
Avg net price / yr
$17,349
10-yr median earnings

The verdict

SOHO Hair Academy posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

1st pct.
former-student earnings, US
71.0%
150%-time completion
-36%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this SOHO Hair Academy profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

C-
College Value Score
51/100
SOHO Hair Academy

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings F
$17,349
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B-
$13,198
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B
71.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B+
$9,425
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
SOHO Hair Academy vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$17,349

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$13,198

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

71.0%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 71.0%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - SOHO Hair Academy vs peers

SOHO Hair Academy positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. SOHO Hair Academy positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $15K $78K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $4K $33K Avg Net Price ($) SOHO Hair Academy (you are here): $17K earn · $13K net · 71% grad You are here - SOHO Hair Academy Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City: $27K earn · $17K net · 59% grad Iowa School of Bea… Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines: $26K earn · $13K net · 80% grad Iowa School of Bea… La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology: $27K earn · $5K net · 74% grad La James College of La James International College-Cedar Falls: $26K earn · $19K net · 59% grad La James Internati… Ross College-Davenport: $30K earn · $20K net · 62% grad Ross College-Daven… Iowa Western Community College: $43K earn · $15K net · 40% grad Creighton University: $74K earn · $32K net · 82% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How SOHO Hair Academy ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

SOHO Hair Academy: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$17,349 1st percentile higher than 1% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). This entry sits in this band. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Above this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric SOHO Hair Academy National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $17,349 #5030 of 5103 1st
Average net price $13,198 #1749 of 5020 65th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 71.0% #1320 of 4858 73rd
Undergraduate enrollment 66 #4717 of 5462 14th

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

66
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
71.0%
150%-time completion
$17,349
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How SOHO Hair Academy ranks in Iowa

State rank among 69 reporting Iowa colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric SOHO Hair Academy State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $17,349 #69 of 69 0th
Average net price $13,198 #19 of 68 72nd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 71.0% #15 of 63 76th
Undergraduate enrollment 66 #60 of 73 18th

Highest former-student earnings in Iowa

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Drake University$71,901$29,127
2Allen College$71,261-
3University of Iowa$64,762$22,531
4Iowa State University$63,386$18,589
5Grinnell College$62,830$17,648
6Mercy College of Health Sciences$62,234$26,924
7St Luke's College$61,033$19,820
8Mount Mercy University$60,787$20,168
9Luther College$59,850$23,097
10Saint Ambrose University$59,531$24,691
11Palmer College of Chiropractic$59,483-
12Simpson College$59,274$21,936
69SOHO Hair AcademyThis school$17,349$13,198

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at SOHO Hair Academy

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at SOHO Hair Academy - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $13,198
76.3%
Pell Grant Rate
88.2%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,425
Median Debt
$100/mo
Monthly Payment

Net price at SOHO Hair Academy swings rather than trends

Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $8,101 to $12,613 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +45.0%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$8,101
Highest year
$12,613
Most recent (2023)
$11,765
Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $8,1142014: $8,5082015: $11,0242016: $8,1012017: $11,8732018: $11,5152019: $12,6132020: $9,8302021: $8,3752022: $9,2072023: $11,765
2013 · $8,1142023 · $11,765

Over the same years, enrollment went -26.5% (68 → 50 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Outcomes

$26,909
Median Earnings (6yr)
13.7%
Earning Over $25K

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 71.0%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $26,909
Median earnings 10 years after entry $17,349
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 13.7%
Median federal student debt At completion $9,425
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $100/mo

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate 22 $31,740 $9,350

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for SOHO Hair Academy?
SOHO Hair Academy is a private for-profit institution in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Undergraduate enrollment is 66 students.
How much do SOHO Hair Academy former students earn?
Federally aided former students at SOHO Hair Academy who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $17,349 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $26,909.
How much does SOHO Hair Academy cost?
The average net price at SOHO Hair Academy is $13,198.. Median student debt at graduation is $9,425.
What is the graduation rate at SOHO Hair Academy?
SOHO Hair Academy has a 71.0% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is SOHO Hair Academy worth the student debt?
The median student debt at SOHO Hair Academy is $9,425, while former students earn a median of $17,349 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 54% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $100.

Sources & methodology

Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.

Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from SOHO Hair Academy

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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.