Private for-profit · Community college
Hot Springs Beauty College
Hot Springs, Arkansas · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,294
- Avg net price
- 48%
- Grad / completion
- $21,563
- Median earnings
Hot Springs Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hot Springs, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 86 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas, United States, and the county seat of Garland County. In 1673, Father Marquette and Jolliet explored the area and claimed it for France. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ceded the land to Spain; however, in 1800, control was returned to France until the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 46 miles to Little Rock, AR
- To the ocean
- 315 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Memorial Field (HOT)
How Hot Springs Beauty College compares
Higher than 35% · #31 of 47 in Arkansas
Higher than 60%
Higher than 8% · #34 of 43 in Arkansas
Cheaper than 53% · #34 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas
Lower than 50%
Lower than 21%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare Hot Springs Beauty College 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 Arkansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White71%
- Black4.7%
- Hispanic14%
- Other or multiracial10%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 86
- Student–faculty ratio
- 22 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 74%
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $13,946
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
- $14,294
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
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $16,969
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $21,563
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,700
- Students with federal loans
- 59%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 49%
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.
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?
Hot Springs Beauty College 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)
- $21,563
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,700
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 45%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 24%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 58″
- Annual snow
- 1.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hot Springs 1 Nne, AR US station (1.3 mi from campus).
What Hot Springs Beauty College graduates study — and earn
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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- Transfer
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- —
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Arkansas State University Three Rivers
Malvern, AR · Public · Certificate · 550 students
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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.