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Fosters Cosmetology College

Ripley, Mississippi · Private for-profit career college

Barber schools Cosmetology schools

91%completion rate · Mississippi avg 60%

not reportedmedian debt of graduates

$23,011median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

not reportedmedian earnings, 10 yrs after entry

$21,688annual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (Accredited)
Address: 1813 Hwy 15 N, Ripley, MS 38663 · Phone: (662) 837-9334 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months

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

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Barbers	$26,290	$38,480	$38,760
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists	$17,370	$27,560	$39,810

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Mississippi (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

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	Certificate, 1–2 years	18	$15,105	$14,442	not reported
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	Certificate, 1–2 years	6	$15,105	$14,442	not reported

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.