Private for-profit · Community college
Appalachian Beauty School
Belfry, Kentucky · Remote rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $12,742
- Avg net price
- 56%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Appalachian Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Belfry, Kentucky (remote rural setting), enrolling 49 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Belfry, Kentucky
Belfry is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pike County, Kentucky. Belfry is located on U.S. Route 119, 16.8 miles (27.0 km) northeast of Pikeville. The origin of the name "Belfry" is obscure. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 61 miles to Charleston, WV
- To Great Lakes shore
- 261 miles
- Nearest airport
- 54 miles to Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS)
How Appalachian Beauty School compares
Higher than 44% · #23 of 46 in Kentucky
Higher than 18%
Cheaper than 59% · #20 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky
Lower than 29%
Larger than 13%
Percentiles compare Appalachian Beauty School with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Kentucky.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 49
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 63%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 21%
- Median family income
- $11,555
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $12,742
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 57%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 48.3″
- Annual snow
- 13.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Williamson, WV US station (3.4 mi from campus).
What Appalachian Beauty School graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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- Transfer
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- Earnings
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.










