Private for-profit · Community college

Capitol Beauty School

Omaha, Nebraska · Large city

#3 graduation rate in Nebraska

6%
Transfer rate: $14,886
Avg net price: 87%
Grad / completion: $31,349
Median earnings

Capitol Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Omaha, Nebraska (large city setting), enrolling 161 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 161 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

About Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed the riverbanks where the city of Omaha would be built. Omaha's Boys Town was made famous by the 1938 Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney movie Boys Town. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Omaha, NE
To Great Lakes shore: 430 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Eppley Airfield (OMA) · major hub

How Capitol Beauty School compares

Graduation rate87%

Higher than 87% · #3 of 17 in Nebraska

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,349

Higher than 36% · #9 of 14 in Nebraska

Average net price$14,886

Cheaper than 51% · #10 cheapest of 16 in Nebraska

Median debt at graduation$6,650

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment161

Larger than 39%

Percentiles compare Capitol 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 Nebraska.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White81%
Black3.1%
Hispanic11%
Asian1.2%
Other or multiracial3.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 161
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 38%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 11%
Median family income: $39,924

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: $14,886

Outcomes

Graduated: 87%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,276
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,349
Median debt at graduation: $6,650
Students with federal loans: 46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 73%

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

$14,395

$30–48k

$8,341

$48–75k

$14,063

$75–110k

$17,059

$110k+

$17,736

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

$500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $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 92 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): $31,349
Typical debt at graduation: $6,650
Debt vs. one year's pay: 21%
Out-earn a HS grad: 35%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 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: 86°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 33.2″
Annual snow: 36.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Gretna 4NE, NE US station (6.7 mi from campus).

What Capitol Beauty School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

130 grads$26k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$9k debt

130$25,942$28,725$9,166

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.