Colleges

Private for-profit · Community college

Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale

Mattydale, New York · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$20,904
Avg net price
82%
Grad / completion
$23,906
Median earnings

Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Mattydale, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 152 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 152 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Mattydale, New York

Mattydale is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Onondaga County, New York, United States. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
4 miles to Syracuse, NY
To Great Lakes shore
30 miles
Nearest airport
2 miles to Syracuse Hancock (SYR) · major hub

How Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 79% · #57 of 185 in New York

First-year retention89%

Higher than 80%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,906

Higher than 14% · #137 of 148 in New York

Average net price$20,904

Cheaper than 29% · #116 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment152

Larger than 37%

Percentiles compare Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale 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 New York.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

152undergrads
  • Women14495%
  • Men85%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White71%
  • Black18%
  • Hispanic2.0%
  • Asian2.0%
  • Other or multiracial6.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
152
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
63%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
43%
Median family income
$16,234

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
$20,904

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
82%
First-year retention
89%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$22,157
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$23,906
Median debt at graduation
$6,333
Students with federal loans
68%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

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.

< $30k
$19,135
$30–48k
$22,368
$48–75k
$21,856
$75–110k
$23,257
$110k+
$24,833

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?

Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale 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)
$23,906
Typical debt at graduation
$6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay
26%
Out-earn a HS grad
24%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$24,398
Men
$20,342

Women out-earn men by $4,056 (20%) 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
82°F
Winter low
16°F
Annual rain
39.9″
Annual snow
127.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, NY US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
220 grads$18k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$10k debt

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.