Private for-profit · Community college

VICI Beauty School

Greenfield, Wisconsin · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $10,496
Avg net price: 88%
Grad / completion: $32,393
Median earnings

VICI Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Greenfield, Wisconsin (large suburb setting), enrolling 109 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 109 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Greenfield, Wisconsin

Greenfield is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Postmaster Olney Harrington suggested the town be renamed to Greenfield in 1839 and in 1841 it was renamed. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Milwaukee, WI
To Great Lakes shore: 8 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to General Mitchell (MKE) · major hub

How VICI Beauty School compares

Graduation rate88%

Higher than 88% · #6 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,393

Higher than 40% · #22 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$10,496

Cheaper than 68% · #11 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment109

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare VICI Beauty School 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 Wisconsin.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White68%
Black3.7%
Hispanic23%
Asian2.8%
Other or multiracial2.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 109
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 63%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 14%
Median family income: $31,568

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: $10,496

Outcomes

Graduated: 88%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,628
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,393
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 74%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 45%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

88%

Low-income (Pell)

50%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $10

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

$8,405

$30–48k

$13,390

$48–75k

$8,051

$75–110k

$9,398

$110k+

$15,243

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

10%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 10% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 92 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $32,393
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 20%
Out-earn a HS grad: 29%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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

$32,553

Men

$34,489

Men out-earn women by $1,936 (6%) 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: 83°F
Winter low: 12°F
Annual rain: 38.4″
Annual snow: 52.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hales Corners/Whitnall Park/BO, WI US station (2.5 mi from campus).

What VICI Beauty School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

113 grads$22k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$9k debt

113$21,773$30,010$9,290

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.