Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy
For-profit College in Salisbury, MD. Median 10-year earnings $25,426.
Ten-year median earnings of $25,426 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $16,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.65 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
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. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. The 11:1 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
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 61 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,840 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $23,115 at $0–30k against $27,727 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 64% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,921 — common but not automatic. 51% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 10 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 | $23,115 |
| $30–48k | $23,655 |
| $48–75k | $27,727 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 31 of these 61 students, totalling $231,616 — an average of $7,471 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wicomico 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)