Private for-profit · Community college
Charleston School of Beauty Culture
Charleston, West Virginia · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $11,638
- Avg net price
- 70%
- Grad / completion
- $17,827
- Median earnings
Charleston School of Beauty Culture is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Charleston, West Virginia (small city setting), enrolling 46 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Virginian militia officer William Morris built the first permanent settlement in the Kanawha Valley, named Fort Morris, in 1773. It was about 20 mi (32 km) upstream of modern Charleston, at the confluence of Kellys Creek, and was used extensively during the American Revolution. Charleston is home to numerous annual events and fairs that take place from the banks of the Kanawha River to the capitol grounds. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Charleston, WV
- To Great Lakes shore
- 218 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Yeager (CRW)
How Charleston School of Beauty Culture compares
Higher than 62% · #22 of 42 in West Virginia
Higher than 45%
Higher than 3% · #39 of 40 in West Virginia
Cheaper than 64% · #31 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia
Lower than 94%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 12%
Percentiles compare Charleston School of Beauty Culture 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 West Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women3167%
- Men1533%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White72%
- Black17%
- Other or multiracial11%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 46
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 63%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 37%
- Median family income
- $11,120
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 27 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From West Virginia96%
- Other U.S. states3.7%
Most first-years stay in state — Charleston School of Beauty Culture draws overwhelmingly from West Virginia.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $11,638
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
- 70%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $17,000
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $17,827
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,128
- Students with federal loans
- 46%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 28%
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?
Charleston School of Beauty Culture funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $17,827
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,128
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 34%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 17%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $6,143 (41%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 46.2″
- Annual snow
- 31.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Charleston Yeager AP, WV US station (4.3 mi from campus).
What Charleston School of Beauty Culture 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.