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For-profit College

Clarksburg Beauty
Academy and School of Massage Therapy

For-profit College in Clarksburg, WV. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $16,306.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$16,306
Median debt at grad
$6,415
Graduation rate
73.3%
Federal loan default
0%

Ten-year median earnings of $16,306 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 73% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,415.

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
73%
Transfer-out rate
7%
Student:faculty
12:1

73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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. This is a small school — 94 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$10,627
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
65%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
30%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 94 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $10,627 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: $10,507 at $0–30k, $12,317 at $48–75k. Grant aid reaches 65% of students at an average of $5,797. About 30% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.

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
$3,138

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 59 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 $10,507
$30–48k $11,231
$48–75k $12,317
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 28 of these 94 students, totalling $197,663 — an average of $7,059 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$770/mo
1 bedroom
$843/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$955/mo

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

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
5
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy

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