10-yr median earnings
$16,857
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Russellville, Arkansas
Arkansas Beauty College
Arkansas Beauty College is a private for-profit institution in Russellville, Arkansas. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 61.5%
- 150%-time completion
- $8,985
- Avg net price / yr
- $16,857
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Arkansas Beauty College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 1st pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 61.5%
- 150%-time completion
- -18%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Remote
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Arkansas Beauty College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
45/100
Arkansas Beauty College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$16,857
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A-
$8,985
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C
61.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$8,985
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
61.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 61.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Arkansas Beauty College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Arkansas Beauty College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Arkansas Beauty College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$16,857 1st percentile higher than 1% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Arkansas Beauty College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $16,857 | #5046 of 5103 | 1st |
| Average net price | $8,985 | #941 of 5020 | 81st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 61.5% | #2088 of 4858 | 57th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #4772 of 5462 | 13th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
61
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
61.5%
150%-time completion
$16,857
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Arkansas Beauty College ranks in Arkansas
State rank among 72 reporting Arkansas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Arkansas Beauty College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $16,857 | #69 of 72 | 4th |
| Average net price | $8,985 | #18 of 70 | 74th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 61.5% | #17 of 67 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #64 of 74 | 14th |
Highest former-student earnings in Arkansas
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson Regional School of Nursing | $73,975 | - |
| 2 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | $73,827 | - |
| 3 | University of Arkansas Grantham | $63,496 | $8,370 |
| 4 | Baptist Health College Little Rock | $62,244 | $25,454 |
| 5 | Hendrix College | $60,376 | $24,149 |
| 6 | University of Arkansas | $58,191 | $18,209 |
| 7 | John Brown University | $53,907 | $20,397 |
| 8 | Harding University | $52,876 | $22,130 |
| 9 | Ouachita Baptist University | $51,673 | $22,409 |
| 10 | Central Baptist College | $46,789 | $12,287 |
| 11 | University of Central Arkansas | $45,938 | $16,511 |
| 12 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $45,265 | $17,248 |
| 69 | Arkansas Beauty CollegeThis school | $16,857 | $8,985 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Arkansas Beauty College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$8,508 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$6,375 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$11,922 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$14,367 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Arkansas Beauty College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $8,985 |
56.4%
Pell Grant Rate
56.4%
Federal Loan Rate
2013–2023: what Arkansas Beauty College costs has stayed close to flat
Average net price moved +22.8% over 10 years, from $9,691 to $11,898 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $9,6912023 · $11,898
Over the same years, enrollment went +21.7% (46 → 56 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
52.9%
First Generation
Outcomes
$20,636
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 61.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $20,636 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $16,857 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 14 | - | - |
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Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Arkansas Beauty College? ▼
Arkansas Beauty College is a private for-profit institution in Russellville, Arkansas. Undergraduate enrollment is 61 students.
How much do Arkansas Beauty College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Arkansas Beauty College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $16,857 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $20,636.
How much does Arkansas Beauty College cost? ▼
The average net price at Arkansas Beauty College is $8,985..
What is the graduation rate at Arkansas Beauty College? ▼
Arkansas Beauty College has a 61.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Arkansas Beauty College
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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.