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Private for-profit · Less-than-2-year

Montgomery Beauty School

Silver Spring, Maryland

24
F
DR Rating
DegreeReturn Rating — Poor value

A 0–100 composite of ROI, graduate earnings, net price, debt and graduation rate. How it’s scored.

Poor return
$-253,081 over 10 years

Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 1 years.

On these figures the cost and debt outweigh the earnings premium.

Never
Break-even
-1,009%
10-year ROI
$22,199
Median earnings as of 2024
26% of Montgomery Beauty School students earn more than a typical U.S. high-school graduate (about $28,000/yr) ten years after starting — measured from IRS tax records, not surveys.

The numbers behind the verdict

$20,755
Average net price / yr as of 2024
$22,199
Median earnings (5 yr) as of 2024
$18,623
Median earnings (1 yr) as of 2024
$11,845
Median debt at graduation as of 2024
Graduation rate as of 2024
26%
Earn more than a HS grad as of 2024
36%
Repaying their loans (3 yr) as of 2024
Retention rate as of 2024

Lifetime ROI: the long view

Cumulative net gain over a high-school-only earner at different career lengths, with tuition and debt interest already subtracted. Built on IRS-verified federal earnings — not self-reported surveys.

$-253,081
After 10 years
$-481,091
After 20 years
$-709,101
After 30 years
$-937,111
After 40 years

Conservative: holds year-5 earnings flat (no raises). Adjust the assumptions, or see the highest 20-year ROI colleges.

Equity & access

Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.

71%
First-generation students
59%
Take federal student loans
74%
Born in the U.S.
Who studies here
White 1%Hispanic 50%Black 50%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.

Net price by family income

What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.

Family incomeAverage net price / yr
Family income $0–$30k$20,593
$30k–$48k$21,130
$48k–$75k$22,025
$75k–$110k
$110k+

How Montgomery Beauty School compares

This college against the Maryland and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.

Graduate earnings over time

Median earnings of Montgomery Beauty School students 10 years after entering, by cohort year as of 2024.

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Best-paying majors at Montgomery Beauty School

Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.

MajorCredentialEarnings (5 yr)Median debt10-yr ROIVerdict
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate$22,199$9,978-1,035%Poor return

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ROI at Montgomery Beauty School

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Break-even
10-yr ROI

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Admissions & profile

Admission rate
0
Average SAT
0
Median ACT
101
Undergraduates

Location

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.

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