Private for-profit · Community college
Searcy Beauty College
Searcy, Arkansas · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,946
- Avg net price
- 55%
- Grad / completion
- $19,896
- Median earnings
Searcy Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Searcy, Arkansas (distant town setting), enrolling 54 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Searcy, Arkansas
Searcy is the largest city in and the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. Originally named White Sulphur Springs, the town's name was changed in 1837, two years after White County was created. The state changed the county seat name to honor Richard Searcy (1794–1832), a prominent Arkansas Legislator. One of the state's largest banks, First Security Bank, was established in downtown Searcy in 1932 as Security Bank. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 46 miles to Little Rock, AR
- To the ocean
- 347 miles
- Nearest airport
- 45 miles to Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)
How Searcy Beauty College compares
Higher than 43% · #20 of 47 in Arkansas
Higher than 64%
Higher than 5% · #37 of 43 in Arkansas
Cheaper than 50% · #36 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas
Lower than 25%
Lower than 39%
Larger than 15%
Percentiles compare Searcy 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
- White89%
- Black5.6%
- Hispanic5.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 54
- Student–faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 74%
- First-generation students
- 67%
- Students over 25
- 48%
- Median family income
- $12,782
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
- $14,946
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
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $19,896
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,429
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 43%
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $19,896
- Typical debt at graduation
- $12,429
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 62%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 9%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 30°F
- Annual rain
- 51.8″
- Annual snow
- 1.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Searcy, AR US station (2.2 mi from campus).
What Searcy 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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Arthur's Beauty College
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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.