Gainful Employment Reporting Requirements
For housing, if you are planning on moving to the college area (in other words if you are too far to drive to the college everyday) LaJames College has dorms available on a 1st come basis. The dorms are connected to the college and are female only. For the parents reading this we do have a security system in place. However, Mason City is listed as one of the top 10 small cities to live in for not only our top quality health care system but also for our very low crime rate. The top 10 list we made was for the entire United States for city populations from 19,000 to 49,000. We were one of two cities in Iowa on the list. We are located in a wonderful town. The cost of the dorms comes to $150 per month for each course. This cost includes your basic needs like beds, dressers, stove, refrigerator, microwave, shower, air, heat, water and garbage. The dorms are called LaJames Suites and are absolutely beautiful. We tried to not only make them very comfortable but extremely affordable. However dorms living is not for everyone. For those that need student housing, we have many approved apartment and housing complexes close to the college. The average cost for a 1 bedroom apartment in Mason City is around $350. As you can see the housing costs are not bad at all.
A side note for those that love the water and beaches. Mason City is a community of about 30,000 people but we have a community right next to us (about 8 miles) called Clear Lake (10,000 population during the Winter and 20,000 population during the Summer)and is a wonderful place to visit. We have entertainment available from boating, sailing, skidoo riding, fishing, sunbathing and shopping. Even in the winter we have snowmobiling ice skating and ice fishing, we really do have it all.
"Cost of Course/Program Links"
We are providing you with our tuition and supply costs along with class dates, the books we supply along with corresponding ISBN# and book prices. Please remember that there is financial aid available for those that qualify. Approximately 95% of our students get most if not all of their college costs paid through financial aid. There really is a lot available. If you are interested in finding out your financial aid eligibility, contact the college through the Contact Us page on our web site. We will be happy to help you through this process. There is no obligation to enroll with us for this process. We believe it is just nice to see what you are eligible for prior to making a commitment to go to college. Something else that sets us apart from other colleges.
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We have been directed by the U.S Department of Education to put a Net Price Calculator on our program pages. This is the information that we use to determine student eligibility for student loans. The Higher the Net Price Calculation the more eligible you will be for student loans if you need them. This calculation takes the average worst case scenario for a student's cost to attend college. The actual tuition and supplies costs are listed above under the heading "Cost of Course/Program" LaJames College Cosmetology / Beauty School Course, LaJames College Massage Therapy Training Course, LaJames College Esthetics Training Course and LaJames College Nail Technology Course.
Net price calculator...click here please
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"On Time Completion Rate" is the first Department of Education required disclosure we will address. This is not to be confused with our graduation rate. The on time rate is defined as the "Normal Time" it takes a student to graduate a program or course as defined by the college out of all graduates. This is ok for shorter programs like our Massage Therapy course (8 month program) or our Nail Technician course (5 month course) or even our Esthetics Course (6 months course) but our Cosmetology course is a 2+ year course that normally takes 14 months or 61 weeks to complete. There is more of an opportunity for something to happen in a longer course that would delay a student's graduation and then not be considered an "On Time Graduate" than there is for shorter programs. For example: student pregnancies or family vacations or Christmas breaks or any other health concern can all delay a student's graduation from college. The Original LaJames College is not allowed take these things into consideration when figuring the "On Time Graduation Rate" for our graduates. So as a service to you we wanted to explain what "On Time Graduation Rate" meant for each of the courses so you can see how we are doing as an educational institution. All rates are rounded to the nearest % up or down. You will notice our shortest course (Nail Technology) has the highest "On Time Graduation Rate" and our longest course (Cosmetology / Beauty School) has the lowest rate (as expected).
- Cosmetology / Beauty School Course 14 months or 61 weeks
- 2010/2011 "On Time Graduation Rate" 35%
- Massage Therapy Course 8 months or 33 weeks
- 2010/2011 "On Time Graduation Rate" 95%
- Esthetics Course 6 months or 27 weeks
- 2010/2011 "On Time Graduation Rate" 100%
- Nail Technology Course 5 months or 22 weeks
- 2010/2011 "On Time Graduation Rate" 100%
"Job Placement Rates" and "State Board Pass Rates" are the next Required Disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education for all colleges. LaJames College's placement rates and board pass rates will be by course/program and we will also be listing the sources of the information to obtain the placement and pass rates.
For 2010/2011 reporting year LaJames College had placed 86.2% of the students that graduated from the Cosmetology / Beauty School Course in a field that was related to their program of study. LaJames College also had 100% pass rate at the state boards from our graduates from the Cosmetology / Beauty School Course for that same period.
For 2010/2011 reporting year LaJames College had placed 84.3% of the students that graduated from the Massage Therapy Course in a field that was related to their program of study. LaJames College also had 89.5% pass rate at the state boards from our graduates from the Massage Therapy Course for that same period.
For 2010/2011 reporting year LaJames College had placed 100% of the students that graduated from the Esthetics Course in a field that was related to their program of study. LaJames College also had 100% pass rate at the state boards from our graduates from the Esthetics Course for that same period.
For 2010/2011 reporting year LaJames College had placed 90% of the students that graduated from the Nail Technology Course in a field that was related to their program of study. LaJames College also had 100% pass rate at the state boards from our graduates from the Nail Technology Course for that same period.
The source for this information was job placement surveys, employer surveys, newspaper articles and ads, employer phone surveys, graduate book, exit interviews with students and graduate surveys. The source for the state board pass rates is derived from actual board results and test scores.
LaJames College hopes you find this information helpful in your search for the perfect college and program. We are proud of what we do around here and it shows. For more information on the college or to get a free college catalog please go to our "Contact Us" page and fill in the information. We will get back to you very shortly.
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"Median Loan Debt" is the next Required Disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education. All colleges must calculate (Including LaJames College in Mason City) the "Median Loan Debt" for each of their courses. The "Median Loan Debt" is not the average loan debt for all students but the median amount of loan borrowed is determined by the middle person if you were to list all your graduating students from least amount borrowed to attend college to the most borrowed to attend the college. For example: if you had 9 graduates from the Cosmetology / Beauty School listed in a year from least borrowed to attend college to most borrowed to attend college the Median Debt is the 5th person on that list. Half way from 1 to 9 is #5 and that is the median number. With that in mind the "Median Loan Debt" for our Cosmetology Beauty School Course for 2010/2011 is $14,000. The "Median Loan Debt" for the Massage Therapy Course for 2010/2011 is $3,971. The "Median Loan Dept" for our Esthetics Course for 2010/2011 is $3,666. And lastly the "Median Loan Debt" for our Nail Technology Course for 2010/2011 is $1,874. This is the amount borrowed to help pay for tuition and other college costs. Other college costs would include transportation expenses, housing expenses, personal expenses etc.
LaJames College also needs to list the "Median Loan Debt" for each course offered from private sources and from the institution if LaJames has a finance plan after graduation. The "Median Loan debt" for both of these requirements for 2010/2011 is $0.00 for all our programs. That does not mean that there is not private loans available or college finance plans but it merely means that less than half of our students/graduates borrow from these sources.
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Institutional Code of Conduct / Preferred Lenders for Educational Loans at LaJames College
Iowa Code Section 261E.2 and Sections 487(a)(25) and 487 (e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, require the development, administration, and enforcement of a code of conduct governing educational loan activities at the college.
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