Program Payoff

Elaine Sterling Institute

Atlanta, Georgia. 2 certificate and associate programs, private, for-profit. 2 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Georgia.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $20,140 (109) $34,560
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services Undergraduate certificate $7,917 not published $106,960
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

"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.