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For-profit College

Ponca City
Beauty College

For-profit College in Ponca City, OK. Median 10-year earnings $15,872.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Ponca City Beauty College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$15,872
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
85%
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
13:1

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. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 13:1 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. The undergraduate body is just 61, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$7,597
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
28%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
10%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 60 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $7,597 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 — $6,838 at $0–30k against $10,773 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 28% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.

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
100%
Average grant
$5,726

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 17 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 $6,838
$30–48k $9,823
$48–75k $10,773
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 6 of these 60 students, totalling $30,500 — an average of $5,083 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$646/mo
1 bedroom
$714/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$937/mo

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

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How we evaluate Ponca City Beauty College

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