Cheeks Beauty Academy
For-profit College in Cheyenne, WY. Median 10-year earnings $25,459.
Ten-year median earnings of $25,459 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $7,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention of 70% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 16:1, 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. The undergraduate body is just 57, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 57 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,468 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $10,368 at $0–30k against $14,463 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 82% of students at an average of $4,926. 58% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 47 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 | $10,368 |
| $30–48k | $10,936 |
| $48–75k | $11,719 |
| $75–110k | $14,463 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 33 of these 57 students, totalling $221,925 — an average of $6,725 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Laramie 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)