Charleston School of Beauty Culture

Charleston, WV · Private for-profit · 54 students · Visit Website

The Charleston School of Beauty Culture provides hands-on training for careers in cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, hair design, and nail technology. Students gain practical experience by offering a full range of supervised beauty and barber services to the public. The school aims to prepare students for state board exams and employment in the beauty industry, offering job placement assistance to graduates.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$14,910/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

42/100

All Programs at Charleston School of Beauty Culture

1 trade program at Charleston School of Beauty Culture, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Cosmetology
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
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42 $14,910/yr $6,333 Moderate Very Large
145 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Charleston School of Beauty Culture using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.