The Institute
of Beauty and Wellness Madison
For-profit College in Madison, WI. Median 10-year earnings $31,723.
Students who entered The Institute of Beauty and Wellness Madison reach a median of $31,723 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,333 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time retention runs ahead at 93% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 147 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,452 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,662 at $0–30k, $14,442 at $110k+. Only 31% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 53 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 | $9,662 |
| $30–48k | $13,637 |
| $48–75k | $10,922 |
| $75–110k | $14,592 |
| $110k+ | $14,442 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 88 of these 147 students, totalling $668,184 — an average of $7,593 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dane County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026