Private for-profit · Community college
Academy of Beauty Professionals
Appleton, Wisconsin · Midsize suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 79%
- Grad / completion
- $25,117
- Median earnings
Academy of Beauty Professionals is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Appleton, Wisconsin (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 37 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton is a city, and the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet and Winnebago counties. The territory where Appleton is today was formerly occupied by the Ho-Chunk and the Menominee. The Menominee Nation ceded the territory to the United States in the Treaty of the Cedars in 1836. Appleton tourist attractions include the Hearthstone Historic House Museum, the four-story mansion that was the first house in US to be powered by hydroelectricity at its completion in 1881. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 28 miles to Green Bay, WI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 30 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Appleton (ATW)
How Academy of Beauty Professionals compares
Higher than 75% · #11 of 40 in Wisconsin
Higher than 55%
Higher than 19% · #33 of 40 in Wisconsin
Lower than 90%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 9%
Percentiles compare Academy of Beauty Professionals 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 Wisconsin.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black8.1%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian2.7%
- Other or multiracial11%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 37
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 38%
- Median family income
- $18,690
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,104
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,117
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 39%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 23%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $10
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $25,117
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 25%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 21%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 10°F
- Annual rain
- 33.1″
- Annual snow
- 49.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Appleton, WI US station (1.4 mi from campus).
What Academy of Beauty Professionals 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.