10-yr median earnings
$15,872
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ponca City Beauty College
Ponca City Beauty College is a private for-profit institution in Ponca City, Oklahoma. 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.
- 78.3%
- 150%-time completion
- $7,597
- Avg net price / yr
- $15,872
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Ponca City Beauty College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 1st pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 78.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +3%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Remote
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Ponca City 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
C-
College Value Score
54/100
Ponca City 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
$15,872
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$7,597
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
78.3%
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
$7,597
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
78.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 78.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Ponca City 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 Ponca City 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.
Ponca City Beauty College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$15,872 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 | Ponca City Beauty College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $15,872 | #5077 of 5103 | 1st |
| Average net price | $7,597 | #729 of 5020 | 85th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 78.3% | #813 of 4858 | 83rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 38 | #5090 of 5462 | 7th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
38
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
78.3%
150%-time completion
$15,872
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Ponca City Beauty College ranks in Oklahoma
State rank among 90 reporting Oklahoma colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Ponca City Beauty College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $15,872 | #89 of 90 | 1st |
| Average net price | $7,597 | #23 of 84 | 73rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 78.3% | #19 of 88 | 78th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 38 | #87 of 94 | 7th |
Highest former-student earnings in Oklahoma
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | $63,126 | $15,300 |
| 2 | University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center | $63,126 | - |
| 3 | University of Tulsa | $61,408 | $15,000 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | $59,841 | $28,358 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | $57,413 | $17,447 |
| 6 | Southern Nazarene University | $54,951 | $22,084 |
| 7 | Oklahoma City University | $54,655 | $22,857 |
| 8 | Green Country Technology Center | $51,375 | $1,062 |
| 9 | Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology | $49,944 | $29,776 |
| 10 | Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center | $49,311 | $6,904 |
| 11 | Oklahoma Christian University | $49,203 | $21,872 |
| 12 | Southwest Technology Center | $48,966 | $14,313 |
| 89 | Ponca City Beauty CollegeThis school | $15,872 | $7,597 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Ponca City Beauty College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$6,838 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$9,823 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$10,773 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Ponca City Beauty College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $7,597 |
27.9%
Pell Grant Rate
9.8%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Ponca City Beauty College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $5,184 to $7,902 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +36.5%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$5,184
Highest year
$7,902
Most recent (2023)
$7,691
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $5,6362023 · $7,691
Over the same years, enrollment went +54.8% (31 → 48 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
Outcomes
$15,401
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 78.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $15,401 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $15,872 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 19 | $19,954 | $3,390 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Ponca City Beauty College? ▼
Ponca City Beauty College is a private for-profit institution in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Undergraduate enrollment is 38 students.
How much do Ponca City Beauty College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Ponca City Beauty College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $15,872 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $15,401.
How much does Ponca City Beauty College cost? ▼
The average net price at Ponca City Beauty College is $7,597..
What is the graduation rate at Ponca City Beauty College? ▼
Ponca City Beauty College has a 78.3% 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).
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