Premier Academy
of Cosmetology
For-profit College in McAlester, OK.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
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. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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 57, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 57 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,291 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,054 versus $23,105), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 72% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,528 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 63% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 23 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 | $18,054 |
| $30–48k | $18,096 |
| $48–75k | $15,436 |
| $75–110k | $19,860 |
| $110k+ | $23,105 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 36 of these 57 students, totalling $205,188 — an average of $5,700 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pittsburg 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)