Private for-profit · Community college

Cheeks Beauty Academy

Cheyenne, Wyoming · Small city

#2 graduation rate in Wyoming

0%
Transfer rate: $10,603
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: $25,459
Median earnings

Cheeks Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cheyenne, Wyoming (small city setting), enrolling 47 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 47 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming. At a celebration on July 4, 1867, Grenville M. Dodge of the Union Pacific Railroad announced the selection of a townsite for its mountain region headquarters adjacent to the bridge the railroad planned to build across Crow Creek in the Territory of Dakota. Cheyenne Frontier Days, which is held over ten days centered around the last full week in July, is known as the largest outdoor rodeo and western festival in the world. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 97 miles to Denver, CO
To Great Lakes shore: 741 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson Field (CYS)

How Cheeks Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 64% · #2 of 10 in Wyoming

First-year retention70%

Higher than 44%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,459

Higher than 19% · #9 of 9 in Wyoming

Average net price$10,603

Cheaper than 68% · #7 cheapest of 10 in Wyoming

Median debt at graduation$7,000

Lower than 83%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment47

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare Cheeks Beauty Academy 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 Wyoming.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women4391%
Men49%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White62%
Black4.3%
Hispanic34%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 47
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 65%
First-generation students: 39%
Students over 25: 26%
Median family income: $13,139

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: $10,603

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 70%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,467
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,459
Median debt at graduation: $7,000
Students with federal loans: 58%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 29%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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.

< $30k

$10,368

$30–48k

$10,936

$48–75k

$11,719

$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?

Cheeks Beauty Academy 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): $25,459
Typical debt at graduation: $7,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 24%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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: 83°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 16″
Annual snow: 65.6″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cheyenne Wfo, WY US station (1.3 mi from campus).

What Cheeks Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

30 grads$21k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$8k debt

30$20,746$25,578$7,850

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.