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Arthur's Beauty College

For-profit College in Jacksonville, AR. Median 10-year earnings $21,954.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Arthur's Beauty College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$21,954
Median debt at grad
$9,833
Federal loan default
0%

Ten-year median earnings of $21,954 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,833.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
86%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
15:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. First-year retention of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$18,200
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
69%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
65%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 62 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $18,200 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. About 69% get grants averaging $5,921, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 65% 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.

% receiving grants
71%
Average grant
$6,056

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 21 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 $18,200
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 40 of these 62 students, totalling $290,387 — an average of $7,260 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$984/mo
1 bedroom
$989/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,147/mo

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

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How we evaluate Arthur's Beauty College

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