Private for-profit · Community college
Academy of Beauty Professionals
Madison, Wisconsin · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,549
- Avg net price
- 93%
- Grad / completion
- $25,117
- Median earnings
Academy of Beauty Professionals is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Madison, Wisconsin (large city setting), enrolling 53 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Ho-Chunk called the region Teejop meaning 'land of the four lakes' (Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Kegonsa). Numerous effigy mounds, constructed for ceremonial and burial purposes more than 1,000 years earlier, dotted the rich prairies around the lakes. The Memorial Union is a central gathering place on Lake Mendota. Memorial Union Terrace is home to uniquely designed "terrace chairs" with a sunburst design that have become a symbol of the city. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Madison, WI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 80 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Dane County Regional Truax Field (MSN)
How Academy of Beauty Professionals compares
Higher than 92% · #3 of 40 in Wisconsin
Higher than 95%
Higher than 19% · #33 of 40 in Wisconsin
Cheaper than 34% · #33 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin
Lower than 90%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 14%
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
- White49%
- Black17%
- Hispanic15%
- Asian3.8%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 53
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 28%
- Median family income
- $18,690
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
- $19,549
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
- 93%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- 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
- 47%
- 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%.
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.
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
- 39.2″
- Annual snow
- 38.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Charmany Farm, WI US station (0.5 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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- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- —
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- Tuition
- —
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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.