Strand Institute
of Beauty & Esthetics
For-profit College in Corpus Christi, TX.
- ✓ 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 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 9:1 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 112 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,962 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,828 at $0–30k against $28,080 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 40% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing reaches 43% of students.
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 | $24,828 |
| $30–48k | $23,595 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $30,128 |
| $110k+ | $28,080 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 48 of these 112 students, totalling $228,451 — an average of $4,759 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nueces County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026