PCI Academy-Ames
Ames, Iowa
- Trade or career school
- Private for-profit
- City
- 176 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 116 finishedGraduates here earned $29,449 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedGraduates here earned $31,513 a year after finishingNationally: $27,959
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.
- Average net price
- $22,697per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $23,234sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $14,988Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 46%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 83%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $35,5496 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $32,83010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $6,333federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for PCI Academy-Ames, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.
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