Private for-profit · Community college

Phagans Beauty College

Corvallis, Oregon · Small city

#5 graduation rate in Oregon

0%
Transfer rate: $12,611
Avg net price: 86%
Grad / completion: $33,102
Median earnings

Phagans Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Corvallis, Oregon (small city setting), enrolling 59 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 59 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis is a city in and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. In October 1845, Pennsylvanian Joseph C. Avery arrived in Oregon. Previously known as 'Rhapsody in the Vineyard', the annual, sometimes biannual, 'Downtown Corvallis Wine Walk' is hosted by the Corvallis Area Chamber of Commerce and is held in downtown Corvallis since 2012. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 36 miles to Eugene, OR
To the ocean: 34 miles
Nearest airport: 29 miles to Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field (SLE)

How Phagans Beauty College compares

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 86% · #5 of 37 in Oregon

First-year retention91%

Higher than 82%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,102

Higher than 43% · #19 of 33 in Oregon

Average net price$12,611

Cheaper than 59% · #21 cheapest of 35 in Oregon

Median debt at graduation$8,974

Lower than 66%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment59

Larger than 16%

Percentiles compare Phagans 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 Oregon.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White63%
Hispanic14%
Asian1.7%
Other or multiracial22%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 59
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 27%
Median family income: $13,449

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: $12,611

Outcomes

Graduated: 86%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,268
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,102
Median debt at graduation: $8,974
Students with federal loans: 55%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$11,479

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$17,138

$75–110k

$17,138

$110k+

$17,138

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

$125

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 5% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $125. 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 79 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): $33,102
Typical debt at graduation: $8,974
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 23%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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: 83°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 68.8″
Annual snow: 5.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Corvallis Water Bureau, OR US station (7.8 mi from campus).

What Phagans Beauty College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

66 grads$20k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$12k debt

66$19,966$30,024$11,924

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.