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For-profit College

The Institute
of Beauty and Wellness

For-profit College in Milwaukee, WI. Median 10-year earnings $31,723.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$31,723
Median debt at grad
$6,333
Federal loan default
0%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,723, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $6,333, a light load against those earnings.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
93%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
9:1

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. 93% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit short-program school 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. At 363 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$12,553
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
54%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
75%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 363 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $12,553 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $12,165 at $0–30k against $16,190 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 54% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,809 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 75% 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.

% receiving grants
51%
Average grant
$5,140

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 89 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 $12,165
$30–48k $12,184
$48–75k $12,841
$75–110k $15,058
$110k+ $16,190

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 274 of these 363 students, totalling $2,333,415 — an average of $8,516 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Milwaukee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,027/mo
1 bedroom
$1,119/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,338/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

VA caution flag

Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue

GI Bill students
6
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate The Institute of Beauty and Wellness

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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