Raphael's School
of Beauty Culture Inc-Niles
For-profit College in Niles, OH. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $21,307.
Ten-year median earnings of $21,307 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,538.
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
Six-year completion sits at 58%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 227 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 227 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,083 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,954 versus $26,078), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $6,395. Borrowing is widespread: 68% 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 · 47 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 | $18,954 |
| $30–48k | $19,383 |
| $48–75k | $24,733 |
| $75–110k | $25,433 |
| $110k+ | $26,078 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 154 of these 227 students, totalling $1,236,914 — an average of $8,032 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Trumbull County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026