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For-profit College

Advanced College
of Cosmetology

For-profit College in Waupun, WI.

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Advanced College of Cosmetology · Campus
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
94%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
4:1

The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 94% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 4:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 40 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$11,720
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
43%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
60%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 40 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $11,720 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,944 at $0–30k, $16,840 at $110k+. Only 43% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
43%
Average grant
$5,234

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 40 students

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

Family income band Average net price
$0–30k $11,944
$30–48k $12,008
$48–75k $13,210
$75–110k $16,840
$110k+ $16,840

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 24 of these 40 students, totalling $159,228 — an average of $6,635 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Dodge County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$745/mo
1 bedroom
$873/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,080/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate Advanced College of Cosmetology

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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