Private for-profit · Community college
Twin City Beauty College
Saint Joseph, Michigan · Small suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,125
- Avg net price
- 48%
- Grad / completion
- $23,043
- Median earnings
Twin City Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Saint Joseph, Michigan (small suburb setting), enrolling 274 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Saint Joseph, Michigan
Saint Joseph, colloquially known as Saint Joe, is a city in and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. The mouth of the Saint Joseph River at present day Saint Joseph was an important point of Miami and Potawatomi travel and commerce, as it lay along a key water route between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff is held in Lake Bluff Park every year on the weekend after the July 4 weekend. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 30 miles to South Bend, IN
- To Great Lakes shore
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 26 miles to South Bend (SBN)
How Twin City Beauty College compares
Higher than 35% · #60 of 96 in Michigan
Higher than 14%
Higher than 12% · #66 of 88 in Michigan
Cheaper than 39% · #53 cheapest of 94 in Michigan
Lower than 64%
Lower than 67%
Larger than 51%
Percentiles compare Twin City 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 Michigan.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White72%
- Black4.4%
- Hispanic11%
- Asian1.8%
- Other or multiracial11%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 274
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 17%
- Median family income
- $27,664
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $18,125
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
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,381
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,043
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,320
- Students with federal loans
- 46%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 36%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $150
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?
Twin City Beauty College 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)
- $23,043
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,320
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 40%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 12%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 38.2″
- Annual snow
- 77.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Benton Harbor AP, MI US station (4.5 mi from campus).
What Twin City 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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- Transfer
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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.