Private for-profit · Community college
American Barber and Beauty Academy
Reading, Pennsylvania · Small city
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
- 88%
- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
American Barber and Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Reading, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 104 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Colony of Pennsylvania was a 1680 land grant from King Charles II of England to William Penn. Large employers based in Reading and surrounding communities include Boscov's, EnerSys, Carpenter, Penske Truck Leasing, and Redner's Markets. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 27 miles to Lancaster, PA
- To the ocean
- 44 miles
- Nearest airport
- 23 miles to Lancaster (LNS)
How American Barber and Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 88% · #23 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 86%
Lower than 32%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 29%
Percentiles compare American Barber and Beauty Academy 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White33%
- Black13%
- Hispanic45%
- Asian1.9%
- Other or multiracial7.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 104
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 34%
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 88%
- First-year retention
- 93%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,583
- Students with federal loans
- 44%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
American Barber and Beauty Academy 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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 45.2″
- Annual snow
- 21.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reading Spaatz Fld, PA US station (3.7 mi from campus).
What American Barber and Beauty Academy 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.