Private for-profit · Community college

Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester

Rochester, New York · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $14,993
Avg net price: 70%
Grad / completion: $23,906
Median earnings

Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Rochester, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 194 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 194 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States. The Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy lived around Rochester prior to the American Revolution, and used the area as a hunting ground. Allied with the British, the Seneca were forced to cede or sell most of their land in New York after the war. Geva Theatre Center is the city's largest professional theater. The East End Theater is on East Main Street in the theater district. The Eastman School of Music, one of the top musical institutes in the nation, and its auditorium are also within the East End neighborhood. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Rochester, NY
To Great Lakes shore: 12 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester (ROC) · major hub

How Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester compares

Graduation rate70%

Higher than 62% · #93 of 185 in New York

First-year retention87%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,906

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

Average net price$14,993

Cheaper than 50% · #77 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment194

Larger than 44%

Percentiles compare Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester 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

Women18495%
Men105%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White48%
Black30%
Hispanic15%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial5.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 194
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 67%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 44%
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: $14,993

Outcomes

Graduated: 70%
First-year retention: 87%
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: 62%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 33%

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

$13,750

$30–48k

$14,783

$48–75k

$13,450

$75–110k

$17,926

$110k+

$18,380

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-Rochester 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: 19°F
Annual rain: 35.1″
Annual snow: 102″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rochester Gtr Intl AP, NY US station (3.3 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

242 grads$18k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$10k debt

242$18,208$24,887$9,617

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.