Hillsdale Beauty College
For-profit College in Hillsdale, MI. Median 10-year earnings $17,793.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $17,793, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,377 — modest by four-year standards.
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
Academics
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. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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. At 48 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 38 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,483 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,826 at $0–30k against $16,585 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 61% get grants averaging $5,126, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 76% 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 · 22 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 | $14,826 |
| $30–48k | $13,342 |
| $48–75k | $14,850 |
| $75–110k | $16,585 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 29 of these 38 students, totalling $159,240 — an average of $5,491 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsdale County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026