Private for-profit · Community college

Dorsey School of Beauty

Taylor, Michigan · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $30,126
Avg net price: 51%
Grad / completion: $13,256
Median earnings

Dorsey School of Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Taylor, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 164 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 164 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Taylor, Michigan

Taylor is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The first landowner in the area was Peter Coan, who purchased an 80-acre (32 ha) parcel from the US government in 1830. The Coan family name continues through the existence of the artificial Coan Lake in Heritage Park, which was named in his honor. In addition to its schools, the Downriver Campus of the Wayne County Community College District, churches, parks, golf courses, recreation center, library, and the Oakwood Health System's Heritage Hospital, Taylor also has commercial and industrial sectors, restaurants, and shopping. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 12 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 6 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Dorsey School of Beauty compares

Graduation rate51%

Higher than 38% · #55 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention68%

Higher than 40%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$13,256

Higher than 1% · #88 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$30,126

Cheaper than 8% · #89 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$16,500

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment164

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Dorsey School of Beauty 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 Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15293%
Men127%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White16%
Black58%
Hispanic6.7%
Other or multiracial19%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 164
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 47%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 48%
Median family income: $12,126

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: $30,126

Outcomes

Graduated: 51%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $15,237
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $13,256
Median debt at graduation: $16,500
Students with federal loans: 40%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

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

$29,862

$30–48k

$30,907

$48–75k

$32,158

$75–110k

$32,744

$110k+

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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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$350

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $350. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 339 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $13,256
Typical debt at graduation: $16,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 124%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 12.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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: 84°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 34.3″
Annual snow: 45″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Detroit Metro AP, MI US station (4 mi from campus).

What Dorsey School of Beauty graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

163 grads$9k 1 yr$16k 5 yr$17k debt

163$8,615$16,434$16,500

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.