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Is Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Stretch
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance sits in the stretch band for a typical family. The long-run earnings picture at $17,650 helps, but median debt of $7,114 plus yearly net price of $18,245 creates a tighter path. It can work, but the financing plan has to be deliberate.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$18,245
Median earnings 10 years out
$17,650
Median debt at graduation
$7,114
Graduation rate
63%
At Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance, a typical graduate carries about $7,114 in student debt and earns roughly $17,650 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $81 per month, or 5% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
How earnings compare to a high school diploma
Graduates earn $24,150 less than the typical high school graduate ($41,800) ten years after entering this school. A federal rule finalized in July 2026 ties undergraduate student-loan eligibility to a comparison like this one, with the first calculations expected in 2027.
35% of former students here out-earned that benchmark ten years after entry, per College Scorecard.
Context, not a federal determination: the official test will use earnings measured four years after completion and thresholds the Department of Education has not yet published, which may vary by state. Our figure is College Scorecard median earnings ten years after entry. How this works
What this means for your family
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance is a two year school in Alliance, OH. For many families, the real question is not just sticker price but what this path unlocks next, whether that is direct employment, transfer, or a lower cost route into a four year degree.
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Common questions about Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance
The median net price at Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance is $18,245 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →
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