Private for-profit · Community college

Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield

North Plainfield, New Jersey · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $12,027
Avg net price: 67%
Grad / completion: $24,509
Median earnings

Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in North Plainfield, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 190 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 190 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About North Plainfield, New Jersey

North Plainfield is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located within the Raritan Valley region. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 23 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield compares

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 57% · #41 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,509

Higher than 16% · #62 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$12,027

Cheaper than 62% · #28 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment190

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield 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 Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women14375%
Men4725%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White36%
Black17%
Hispanic34%
Asian3.2%
Other or multiracial9.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 190
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 44%
First-generation students: 57%
Students over 25: 32%
Median family income: $16,649

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: $12,027

Outcomes

Graduated: 67%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,029
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,509
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 39%

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

$12,027

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $24,509
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 25%

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

$24,696

Men

$25,051

Men out-earn women by $355 (1%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 48.7″
Annual snow: 21.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Plainfield, NJ US station (1.8 mi from campus).

What Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

159 grads$23k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$8k debt

159$22,676$20,689$8,248

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.