Private for-profit · Community college

TC Beauty

Johnson City, Tennessee · Small city

6%
Transfer rate: $9,859
Avg net price: 88%
Grad / completion: $21,153
Median earnings

TC Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Johnson City, Tennessee (small city setting), enrolling 100 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 100 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. William Bean, traditionally recognized as Tennessee's first white settler, built his cabin along Boone's Creek near Johnson City in 1769. In the 1780s, Colonel John Tipton established a farm (now the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site) just outside what is now Johnson City. Public art includes 12 to 15 sculptures that change every two years. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 52 miles to Asheville, NC
To the ocean: 268 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA (TRI)

How TC Beauty compares

Graduation rate88%

Higher than 88% · #6 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention91%

Higher than 83%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$21,153

Higher than 7% · #68 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$9,859

Cheaper than 71% · #23 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment100

Larger than 28%

Percentiles compare TC Beauty 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 Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women9292%
Men88%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White84%
Black3.0%
Hispanic7.0%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial5.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 100
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 25%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 41%
Median family income: $12,539

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 22 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Tennessee100%

Most first-years stay in state — TC Beauty draws overwhelmingly from Tennessee.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $9,859

Outcomes

Graduated: 88%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,360
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $21,153
Median debt at graduation: $7,917
Students with federal loans: 22%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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.

< $30k

$9,859

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

TC Beauty 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): $21,153
Typical debt at graduation: $7,917
Debt vs. one year's pay: 37%
Out-earn a HS grad: 8%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.7 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: 86°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 48″
Annual snow: 6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elizabethton, TN US station (6.2 mi from campus).

What TC Beauty graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

106 grads$15k 1 yr$22k 5 yr$10k debt

106$14,598$21,590$9,833

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.