Private for-profit · Community college
Southern School of Beauty Inc
Durant, Oklahoma · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $3,640
- Avg net price
- 95%
- Grad / completion
- $9,656
- Median earnings
Southern School of Beauty Inc is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Durant, Oklahoma (distant town setting), enrolling 21 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Durant, Oklahoma
Durant is a city in and the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The Durant area was once claimed by both Spain and France before officially becoming part of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase and Adams–Onís Treaty. During the 1820s and 1830s the area was designated as part of the Choctaw Nation in the southern Indian Territory. Durant is home to the annual Magnolia Festival and the Three Valley Museum. The festival is put on by the Durant Chamber of Commerce and Durant Main Street Program the weekend following Memorial Day. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 87 miles to Dallas, TX
- To the ocean
- 303 miles
- Nearest airport
- 84 miles to Dallas Love Field (DAL) · major hub
How Southern School of Beauty Inc compares
Higher than 94% · #6 of 67 in Oklahoma
Higher than 75%
Higher than 1% · #61 of 61 in Oklahoma
Cheaper than 95% · #7 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma
Lower than 16%
Larger than 4%
Percentiles compare Southern School of Beauty Inc 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 Oklahoma.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White76%
- Hispanic4.8%
- Other or multiracial19%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 21
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 79%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 50%
- Median family income
- $7,724
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
- $3,640
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
- 95%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,998
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $9,656
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 63%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 39%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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?
Southern School of Beauty Inc 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)
- $9,656
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 32%
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
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 30°F
- Annual rain
- 44.4″
- Annual snow
- 2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Durant, OK US station (0.8 mi from campus).
What Southern School of Beauty Inc 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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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.