+21%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Hillsdale Beauty College rose 21% between 2006 and 2009 ($7.5k → $9.1k).
Michigan · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Hillsdale Beauty College
Hillsdale, Michigan. 32 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Hillsdale Beauty College
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Hillsdale Beauty College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
+21%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Hillsdale Beauty College rose 21% between 2006 and 2009 ($7.5k → $9.1k).
+30%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Hillsdale Beauty College rose 30% between 2021 and 2024 (20 → 26).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Michigan
Each tile compares this institution to the Michigan median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$17,793
Michigan median $38,167—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry69.2%-25% · '97→'09
Michigan median 57.1%$9,064+228% · '97→'20
At program completion32-24% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS61.1%-26% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—+54% · '02→'09
annualSECTION 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
6.8%Median federal debt $9,064 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $17,793 (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.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-25%
Hillsdale Beauty College · completion · 150% fell
66.7% → 50.0%
-26%
Hillsdale Beauty College · retention fell
100.0% → 73.9%
+54%
Hillsdale Beauty College · in-state tuition rose
$5,895 → $9,100
+54%
Hillsdale Beauty College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,895 → $9,100
+228%
Hillsdale Beauty College · median debt rose
$2,860 → $9,377
-100%
Hillsdale Beauty College · cohort default rate fell
16.6% → 0.0%
-23%
Hillsdale Beauty College · pell share fell
62.5% → 47.9%
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Hillsdale Beauty College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma at Hillsdale Beauty College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Michigan
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Hillsdale Beauty College graduates earn $X” — not “Hillsdale Beauty College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Hillsdale Beauty College 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.