Private for-profit · Community college
Cameo College of Essential Beauty
Murray, Utah · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $32,364
- Median earnings
Cameo College of Essential Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Murray, Utah (small city setting), enrolling 257 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. At what was known as the "big bend" of the Jordan River (near 4984 South 700 West Street), the Goshute Indians from Skull Valley made their camp. This was made every spring on the way to their hunting ground at the headwaters of the Bear River. Murray is home to several professional and amateur performing-arts groups, notably, the Desert Star Playhouse, located in the historic Iris Theatre which is noted for its community-based plays and melodramas. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- To the ocean
- 542 miles
- Nearest airport
- 11 miles to Salt Lake City (SLC) · major hub
How Cameo College of Essential Beauty compares
Higher than 84% · #14 of 41 in Utah
Higher than 66%
Higher than 40% · #19 of 33 in Utah
Lower than 96%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 50%
Percentiles compare Cameo College of Essential Beauty 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 Utah.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White54%
- Black1.6%
- Hispanic38%
- Asian4.3%
- Other or multiracial2.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 257
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $24,995
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 81%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,739
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,364
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 50%
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%.
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: 5% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,872. 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 74 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)
- $32,364
- Typical debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 17%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 32%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 24.3″
- Annual snow
- 81.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cottonwood Weir, UT US station (5.8 mi from campus).
What Cameo College of Essential Beauty 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.