Arkansas Beauty College
For-profit College in Russellville, AR. Median 10-year earnings $16,857.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
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. First-year retention of 93% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention drops to 83% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 78 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,138 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,508 at $0–30k against $14,367 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 56% get grants averaging $5,287, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 56% take federal loans.
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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 37 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 | $8,508 |
| $30–48k | $6,375 |
| $48–75k | $11,922 |
| $75–110k | $14,367 |
| $110k+ | $14,367 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 44 of these 78 students, totalling $197,887 — an average of $4,497 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pope County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)