Private for-profit · Community college

Arthur's Beauty College

Jonesboro, Arkansas · Small city

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Transfer rate: $22,187
Avg net price: 52%
Grad / completion: $21,470
Median earnings

Arthur's Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Jonesboro, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 69 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 69 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas. At the time of the European encounter, historic tribes included the Osage, the Caddo, and the Quapaw. The name for the state of Arkansas comes from the Quapaw language. The French and Spanish traders and trappers had relations with those groups. Craighead Forest Park is a city-owned park located on Crowley's Ridge featuring a 60-acre fishing lake, camping facilities, hiking/biking trails, nature areas, picnic sites and recreational fields. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 58 miles to Memphis, TN
To the ocean: 376 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Jonesboro (JBR)

How Arthur's Beauty College compares

Graduation rate52%

Higher than 39% · #24 of 47 in Arkansas

First-year retention54%

Higher than 14%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$21,470

Higher than 8% · #35 of 43 in Arkansas

Average net price$22,187

Cheaper than 25% · #47 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment69

Larger than 19%

Percentiles compare Arthur's Beauty College 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 Arkansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White64%
Black35%
Hispanic1.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 69
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 72%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 45%
Median family income: $15,106

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: $22,187

Outcomes

Graduated: 52%
First-year retention: 54%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $16,389
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $21,470
Median debt at graduation: $10,500
Students with federal loans: 66%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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.

< $30k

$22,187

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. 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 29 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): $21,470
Typical debt at graduation: $10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 49%
Out-earn a HS grad: 23%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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: 91°F
Winter low: 30°F
Annual rain: 48.5″
Annual snow: 3.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Jonesboro Muni AP, AR US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What Arthur's Beauty College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

35 grads$14k 1 yr$13k 5 yr$13k debt

35$14,085$13,295$12,841

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.