Private for-profit · Community college
Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology
Wallingford, Connecticut · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $12,607
- Avg net price
- 70%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Wallingford, Connecticut (large suburb setting), enrolling 402 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, centrally located between New Haven and Hartford, and Boston and New York City. Established on October 10, 1667 by the Connecticut General Assembly, Wallingford was founded by a group of 38 planters and freemen. These early settlers chose a strategic location near the Quinnipiac River, which is now the area known as Main Street. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 14 miles to New Haven, CT
- To the ocean
- 14 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to Tweed New Haven (HVN)
How Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology compares
Higher than 62% · #12 of 23 in Connecticut
Higher than 80%
Cheaper than 60% · #5 cheapest of 23 in Connecticut
Lower than 90%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 59%
Percentiles compare Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Connecticut.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women26265%
- Men14035%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White36%
- Black23%
- Hispanic38%
- Other or multiracial2.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 402
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 51%
- Students over 25
- 38%
- Median family income
- $16,320
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $12,607
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 70%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,530
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 75%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 27%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (402 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 44.9″
- Annual snow
- 38.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Meriden Markham Muni AP, CT US station (1.7 mi from campus).
What Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.