Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Velvatex College of Beauty Culture

Little Rock, AR · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$516,086 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-4 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−249%Modeled 10-year ROI
$14,155Observed earnings · year 4
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$516,086at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$207,6360
2
4
6
8
−$516,08610
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$6,909
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$14,598
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$6,909Average net price / year
$14,598Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$14,155Median earnings · year 4 after completion
64.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
8Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$6,909
$30–48kNot available
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5Not available
Year 6$14,400
Year 10$17,412
Full-time retention
83.3%
Part-time retention
100.0%
Completion within 200% of normal time
64.3%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

1thEarnings percentile
59thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

Not availableYear 1
$14,155Year 4
Not availableYear 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in AR

Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

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University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology

Annual net price
$9,634
Observed earnings · year 5
$15,889
Modeled 10-year ROI
-233%
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Russellville, AR

Arkansas Beauty College

Annual net price
$8,985
Observed earnings · year 5
$19,557
Modeled 10-year ROI
-218%
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Washington Barber College Inc

Annual net price
$15,563
Observed earnings · year 5
$15,174
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Hot Springs, AR

Hot Springs Beauty College

Annual net price
$14,294
Observed earnings · year 5
$18,046
Modeled 10-year ROI
-214%
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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.