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Capilo School of Hair Design

Augusta, Maine · Private for-profit career school

Cosmetology schoolsEsthetician schoolsNail technician schoolsBarber schools
79%completion rate · Maine avg 57%
$7,700median debt of graduates
not reportedmedian earnings, 6 yrs after entry
not reportedmedian earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$24,155annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (Accredited)
Address: 43 Bridge Street, Augusta, ME 04330 · Phone: 2076219941200 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, since lifted — Sep 2023 · Show Cause · National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences; Oct 2023 · Removal of Show Cause Status.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
Capilo School of Hair… Capilo School of Hair…: 78.6% 78.6% Maine average Maine average: 56.7% 56.7% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists$30,640$44,000$61,860
Skincare specialists$34,520$55,850$76,260
Manicurists and pedicurists$36,800$48,540$75,880
Barbers$30,470$35,300$48,810

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Maine (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 1–2 years 60 $21,251 $20,140 $8,444
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 49 $21,251 $20,140 $8,444
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, under 300 hours 44 $21,251 $20,140 $8,444
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 8 $21,251 $20,140 $8,444
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 6 $21,251 $20,140 $8,444

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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