Arkansas · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas. 111 undergraduate students. 2 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock

Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-43%

First-year retention

First-year retention at Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock fell 43% between 2021 and 2024 (75.0% → 42.9%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+279%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock rose 279% between 2021 and 2024 (28 → 106).

COMPLETION DROP · TRENDING WORSE-25pp

150%-time completion

150%-time completion fell 24 pp at Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock vs the 2004–2008 baseline (35.3% vs 59.8%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+26%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock rose 26% between 2007 and 2010 (52.8% → 66.7%).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Arkansas

Each tile compares this institution to the Arkansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$18,078+24% · 6→10y
Arkansas median $34,871
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$14,638
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
35.3%+13% · '97→'10
Arkansas median 47.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$6,333+43% · '06→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
111+489% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
71.4%-25% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
annual
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS

How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry

Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What loans cost relative to earnings

Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.

Institution-wide

4.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $6,333 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $18,078 (10y after entry).

SECTION 04 · LONG ARC

Ten-plus year arc

Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024106
129819962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997201066.7%
71%52%19972010
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 20062020$6,333
$13,744$4,41720062020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
RETENTION · 20042024-25%

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock · retention fell

57.0% → 42.9%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+44%

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock · undergrad enrollment rose

18 → 106

MEDIAN DEBT · 20062020+43%

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock · median debt rose

$4,417 → $6,333

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock · cohort default rate fell

10.0% → 0.0%

PELL SHARE · 20082024-42%

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock · pell share fell

88.7% → 51.4%

SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS

Ranked by 5-year earnings

Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.

SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY

1 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock graduates earn $X” — not “Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.

Methodology →