Program Payoff

Compass Career College

Hammond, Louisiana. 5 certificate and associate programs, private, for-profit. 5 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Louisiana.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $18,740 $32,925 (20) $30,510
Nursing Assistants
Precision Metal Working Undergraduate certificate $7,790 $31,314 (19) $62,250
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Health and Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate certificate $20,140 (11) $57,180
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate $7,917 $18,771 (20) $36,320
Medical Assistants
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Undergraduate certificate $10,076 not published $26,030
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.