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Arthur's Beauty College

For-profit College in Conway, 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%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $21,954, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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
87%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
22:1

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. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 22:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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
$17,082
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
64%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
69%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 86 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $17,082 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,082 at $0–30k, $18,130 at $30–48k. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $5,917. Borrowing is widespread: 69% 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
76%
Average grant
$5,789

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 38 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 $17,082
$30–48k $18,130
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 59 of these 86 students, totalling $385,789 — an average of $6,539 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Faulkner 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

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
2
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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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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