Rudae's School
of Beauty Culture-Ft Wayne
For-profit College in Fort Wayne, IN. Median 10-year earnings $25,749.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $25,749, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — 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
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 155 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,893 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,667 at $0–30k, $29,620 at $110k+. About 55% get grants averaging $5,590, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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 · 30 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 | $22,667 |
| $30–48k | $25,885 |
| $48–75k | $26,790 |
| $75–110k | $29,966 |
| $110k+ | $29,620 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 97 of these 155 students, totalling $753,489 — an average of $7,768 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allen 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)