Staunton School
of Cosmetology
For-profit College in Staunton, VA. Median 10-year earnings $22,660.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. At 32 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 32 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,181 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,598 versus $15,054), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $6,100. Most students borrow — 81% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 20 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 | $8,598 |
| $30–48k | $7,735 |
| $48–75k | $12,180 |
| $75–110k | $15,762 |
| $110k+ | $15,054 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 26 of these 32 students, totalling $228,793 — an average of $8,800 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Staunton City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026