Private for-profit · Community college
Arnolds Beauty School
Milan, Tennessee · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,139
- Avg net price
- 77%
- Grad / completion
- $27,828
- Median earnings
Arnolds Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Milan, Tennessee (distant town setting), enrolling 63 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Milan, Tennessee
Milan is the largest city in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States. In 1858, the city of Milan was established on the lands of B. A. Williamson and John Sanford; a small house was erected and a grocery opened by John G. Shepherd. The following year, the U.S. Post Office in Shady Grove was transferred to Milan. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 90 miles to Memphis, TN
- To the ocean
- 360 miles
- Nearest airport
- 24 miles to McKellar-Sipes (MKL)
How Arnolds Beauty School compares
Higher than 72% · #26 of 81 in Tennessee
Higher than 76%
Higher than 26% · #55 of 70 in Tennessee
Cheaper than 39% · #57 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee
Lower than 67%
Larger than 18%
Percentiles compare Arnolds 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 Tennessee.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White87%
- Black4.8%
- Hispanic6.3%
- Other or multiracial1.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 63
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 10%
- Median family income
- $22,314
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
- $18,139
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
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,426
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,828
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 44%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,500. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 42 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $27,828
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 11%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 56.2″
- Annual snow
- 3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Milan Exp Stn, TN US station (2.1 mi from campus).
What Arnolds 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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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.