Private for-profit · Community college
American Hair Academy
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa · Remote town
- 6%
- Transfer rate
- $11,556
- Avg net price
- 44%
- Grad / completion
- $28,724
- Median earnings
American Hair Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (remote town setting), enrolling 25 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The first permanent settlement at Mount Pleasant was made in 1833. Mount Pleasant is also home to the Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion which attracts a crowd numbering over 100,000 admissions annually during an extended five-day weekend which ends on Labor Day. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 71 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 211 miles
- Nearest airport
- 24 miles to Southeast Iowa (BRL)
How American Hair Academy compares
Higher than 30% · #30 of 39 in Iowa
Higher than 20%
Higher than 28% · #25 of 38 in Iowa
Cheaper than 64% · #14 cheapest of 39 in Iowa
Lower than 67%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare American Hair 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 Iowa.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White80%
- Black4.0%
- Hispanic4.0%
- Other or multiracial12%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 25
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $27,723
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
- $11,556
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
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 58%
- Transferred to another college
- 6%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $17,836
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,724
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 53%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 48%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $95
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 12°F
- Annual rain
- 38.5″
- Annual snow
- 24.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MT Pleasant 1 Ssw, IA US station (2.3 mi from campus).
What American Hair 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.