Private for-profit · Community college

Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy

Clarksburg, West Virginia · Distant town

7%
Transfer rate: $10,627
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $16,306
Median earnings

Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Clarksburg, West Virginia (distant town setting), enrolling 47 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 47 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The Oak Mounds outside Clarksburg were created by the Hopewell culture mound builders between A.D. 1 and 1000. Clarksburg serves as a cultural center for north-central West Virginia, noted for its historic architecture, festivals, and performing-arts venues. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 82 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
To Great Lakes shore: 170 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to North Central West Virginia (CKB)

How Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #19 of 42 in West Virginia

First-year retention73%

Higher than 50%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$16,306

Higher than 1% · #40 of 40 in West Virginia

Average net price$10,627

Cheaper than 68% · #29 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia

Median debt at graduation$6,415

Lower than 87%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment47

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy 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

Women4187%
Men613%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White89%
Black4.3%
Other or multiracial6.4%

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: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 65%
First-generation students: 68%
Students over 25: 34%
Median family income: $6,409

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: $10,627

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 7%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,521
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $16,306
Median debt at graduation: $6,415
Students with federal loans: 30%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 23%

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

$10,507

$30–48k

$11,231

$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?

Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy 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): $16,306
Typical debt at graduation: $6,415
Debt vs. one year's pay: 39%
Out-earn a HS grad: 12%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 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: 85°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 48.2″
Annual snow: 23.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Clarksburg 1, WV US station (1.1 mi from campus).

What Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

33 grads$21k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$10k debt

33$21,049$20,289$9,500 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

6 grads$15k 1 yr$26k 5 yr— debt

6$14,586$25,791—

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.