FAFSA lower earnings list
Texas schools on the FAFSA “lower earnings” list
84 schools in Texas are flagged "lower earnings" in the Department of Education's March 2026 release, the list the 2027-28 FAFSA uses, out of 320 Texas schools with an earnings figure. The December 2025 release, which earlier news coverage reported, flagged 119: 45 came off and 10 were added.
A Texas school is flagged when its graduates’ median earnings four years after completing are below $33,352, the median for Texas high school graduates aged 25 to 34 (March 2026 release, January 2026 dollars). A school that mostly enrolls out-of-state students or operates in several states is compared with the national median, $34,635, instead.
Data period: March 2026 release, completers of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023. Nationally: 999 schools flagged now, 1,365 in December 2025. National report and method
Flagged in the March 2026 release (84)
Names as the Department lists them. A linked name opens the school’s CampusPin profile, which shows its earnings and benchmark.
- ABC Beauty Academy
- Academy of Hair Design-Jasper
- Academy of Hair Design-Lufkin
- Advanced Barber College and Hair Design
- Alamo City Barber College
- Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-San Antonio
- Bella Cosmetology and Barber College
- Central Texas Beauty College-Round Rock
- Central Texas Beauty College-Temple
- Charles and Sues School of Hair Design
- Collectiv Hair Dressing Academy-Collectiv Academy-Dallas
- Cortiva Institute-Arlington
- Cosmetology Academy of Texarkana
- Dallas Barber & Stylist College
- Diamonds College, new since December (had no figure)
- DuVall's School of Cosmetology
- Graduate America College
- Hands on Therapy
- Houston Training School-Main Campus
- Houston Training Schools-Gessner
- Interactive College of Technology
- Interactive College of Technology
- Interactive College of Technology
- Jay's Technical Institute
- KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
- Laredo CHI Academy Beauty School, new since December (had no figure)
- Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design
- Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design-Bryan
- Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design-Victoria
- Milan Institute of Cosmetology-El Paso
- Milan Institute of Cosmetology-San Antonio Military
- Milan Institute-Amarillo
- Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram
- Mission Beauty Institute, new since December (had no figure)
- Natural Images Beauty College, new since December (had no figure)
- Neecee's Barber College, new since December (had no figure)
- Northwest Educational Center
- Nuvani Institute
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Dallas
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Denton
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-North Dallas
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford
- Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Willowbrook
- Panola College, new since December (was not flagged)
- Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington
- Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake
- Paul Mitchell the School-Dallas
- Paul Mitchell the School-Houston
- Paul Mitchell the School-San Antonio
- Peloton College
- Peloton College
- Salon & Spa Institute
- Salon Professional Academy of San Antonio, new since December (had no figure)
- Seguin Beauty School-Seguin
- South Texas Barber College Inc
- South Texas Training Center
- Southeast Texas Career Institute
- Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio
- Texas Barber College
- Texas Beauty College
- Texas College of Cosmetology-Abilene
- Texas College of Cosmetology-Lubbock
- Texas College of Cosmetology-San Angelo
- Total Transformation Institute of Cosmetology
- Trend Barber College
- Trend Barber College
- Tri-State Cosmetology Institute
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences - 03, new since December (was not listed)
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-Harlingen
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-La Joya
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-McAllen
- UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-San Antonio 410, new since December (had no figure)
- Victoria Beauty & Barber College, new since December (had no figure)
- Vogue College of Cosmetology
- Vogue College of Cosmetology-McAllen
- Vogue College of Cosmetology-San Antonio Fredericksburg
- Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy
- Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock
- William Edge Institute
Flagged in December 2025, not now (45)
The reason is given for each. Because the benchmark and the graduating cohort changed too, coming off is not by itself evidence that graduates earn more.
- Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas, now above the benchmark
- Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin, now above the benchmark
- Avenue Five Institute, now above the benchmark
- Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus, now above the benchmark
- Baldwin Beauty School-North Austin, now above the benchmark
- Baldwin Beauty School-South Austin, now above the benchmark
- Buckner Barber School, no earnings figure now
- Champion Beauty College, not in the March 2026 list
- College of Biblical Studies-Houston, now above the benchmark
- Culinary Institute Inc, now above the benchmark
- CyberTex Institute of Technology, now above the benchmark
- Exposito School of Hair Design, no earnings figure now
- Florida Career College-Houston, not in the March 2026 list
- Fort Worth Beauty School, not in the March 2026 list
- MediaTech Institute-Dallas, now above the benchmark
- MediaTech Institute-Houston, not in the March 2026 list
- Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington, now above the benchmark
- Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi, now above the benchmark
- Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen, now above the benchmark
- Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio, now above the benchmark
- Nuvani Institute, no earnings figure now
- Pathway Vocational Academy, not in the March 2026 list
- Paul Mitchell the School-Austin, now above the benchmark
- PCI Health Training Center, now above the benchmark
- Remington College-Dallas Campus, now above the benchmark
- Remington College-Fort Worth Campus, now above the benchmark
- Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus, now above the benchmark
- Remington College-North Houston Campus, now above the benchmark
- Remington College-Online Dallas, now above the benchmark
- South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville, now above the benchmark
- South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Austin, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Pharr, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio, now above the benchmark
- Southern Careers Institute-Waco, now above the benchmark
- Southwest University at El Paso, now above the benchmark
- Southwestern Christian College, now above the benchmark
- Texas Health School, now above the benchmark
- The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville, now above the benchmark
- Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology, now above the benchmark
- Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas, now above the benchmark
What the notice does and does not mean
- It is informational: it does not affect federal aid eligibility, and a flagged school can still be listed and attended.
- It describes a whole school, not a program. The Department says earnings differ by credential and field.
- It covers graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled when earnings were measured.
- A school with no earnings figure shows no notice. That is an absence of data, not a pass.
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Questions about Texas
- How many Texas schools are on the FAFSA lower earnings list?
- 84 schools in Texas are flagged "lower earnings" in the Department of Education's March 2026 release, the list the 2027-28 FAFSA uses, out of 320 Texas schools with an earnings figure. The December 2025 release, which earlier news coverage reported, flagged 119: 45 came off and 10 were added. Every one is named on this page.
- Why did 45 schools in Texas come off the list?
- Of the 45 schools flagged in December 2025 and not now, 37 now clear the benchmark, 3 no longer have an earnings figure, 5 are not in the March 2026 list at all. The Department replaced the data on 22 March 2026 with a newer group of graduates (completers of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023) and a re-estimated high school benchmark, so coming off the list is not by itself evidence that a school's graduates earn more.
- What earnings benchmark are Texas schools compared with?
- $33,352: the median earnings of Texas high school graduates aged 25 to 34 in the March 2026 release, in January 2026 dollars. The December 2025 release used $35,055, in June 2025 dollars and from an earlier survey, so the two are not a like-for-like comparison. A school that mostly enrolls out-of-state students or operates in several states is compared with the national median instead, $34,635.
- Does the lower earnings notice affect financial aid?
- No. The Department says the notice is informational only. It does not affect eligibility for federal aid, the Student Aid Index or how the FAFSA is processed, and students can still list and attend a flagged school. It is shown only to first-year undergraduates.
More on Texas colleges
- All colleges in Texas: cost, admissions and outcomes
- The Borrowing Gap: where college costs more than a family can borrow
- How to fill out the FAFSA, step by step
Other states
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- Oregon
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- South Carolina
- Tennessee
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- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Sources, methodology & citation
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
Federal Student Aid, FSA Data Center: Lower Earnings Data
The Department of Education’s institution-level earnings data and the "lower earnings" designation shown on the FAFSA Submission Summary (March 2026 release; the December 2025 release via the Internet Archive).
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Texas schools on the FAFSA "lower earnings" list. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/research/fafsa-lower-earnings-colleges/texas