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For-profit College

First Class
Cosmetology School

For-profit College in Beloit, WI. Median 10-year earnings $26,792.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
First Class Cosmetology School · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$26,792
Median debt at grad
$10,194
Federal loan default
0%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $26,792, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $10,194, 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.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
87%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
12:1

The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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. This is a small school — 139 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$16,731
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
73%
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 139 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $16,731 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,641 at $0–30k against $23,048 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 73% get grants averaging $5,331, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 69% 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.

% receiving grants
75%
Average grant
$5,663

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 52 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 $17,641
$30–48k $15,361
$48–75k $20,342
$75–110k $23,048
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 96 of these 139 students, totalling $643,370 — an average of $6,702 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$900/mo
1 bedroom
$955/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,246/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 First Class Cosmetology School

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