Continental School
of Beauty Culture-Rochester
For-profit College in Rochester, NY. Median 10-year earnings $23,906.
Students who entered Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester reach a median of $23,906 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $6,333, 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 0.26 — 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 is strong at 87%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 381, 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 381 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,487 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,750 at $0–30k, $18,380 at $110k+. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,975 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 62% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 92 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 | $13,750 |
| $30–48k | $14,783 |
| $48–75k | $13,450 |
| $75–110k | $17,926 |
| $110k+ | $18,380 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 236 of these 381 students, totalling $1,473,131 — an average of $6,242 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monroe 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)