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International Beauty School

For-profit College in Martinsburg, WV. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $18,906.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
International Beauty School · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$18,906
Median debt at grad
$6,333
Graduation rate
82.8%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered International Beauty School reach a median of $18,906 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is a strength: 83% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,333.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
83%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
15:1

Six-year completion runs to 83% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit two-year institution. 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 117, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$14,581
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
81%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 117 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $14,581 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,311 at the $0–30k band to $20,948 at $110k+. About 73% get grants averaging $6,903, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 81% take federal loans.

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
92%
Average grant
$5,728

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 85 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 $11,311
$30–48k $17,080
$48–75k $19,764
$75–110k $20,598
$110k+ $20,948

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 95 of these 117 students, totalling $890,543 — an average of $9,374 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$850/mo
1 bedroom
$971/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,233/mo

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

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How we evaluate International Beauty 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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