Private for-profit · Community college
Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel
Laurel, Maryland · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,011
- Avg net price
- 47%
- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Laurel, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 118 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. From the Late Glacial age in 10,700 B.C. to 8,500 B.C., Laurel's climate warmed and changed from a spruce forest to a hardwood forest. In the Late Archaic period from 4,000 to 1,000 B.C., Laurel would have been covered primarily with an oak and hickory forest. Local performing arts outlets include the Venus Theatre, Laurel Mill Playhouse, Central Maryland Chorale (formerly Laurel Oratorio Society) and Montpelier Arts Center, which also features an art gallery. Another local exhibitor is the WSSC Art Gallery. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 17 miles to Baltimore, MD
- To the ocean
- 14 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub
How Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel compares
Higher than 34% · #17 of 38 in Maryland
Higher than 37%
Cheaper than 43% · #22 cheapest of 40 in Maryland
Lower than 11%
Lower than 44%
Larger than 32%
Percentiles compare Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel 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 Maryland.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White12%
- Black64%
- Hispanic13%
- Asian2.5%
- Other or multiracial9.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 118
- Student–faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 55%
- Median family income
- $13,806
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $17,011
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
- 47%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,989
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,500
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 35%
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%.
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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 47.5″
- Annual snow
- 15.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Laurel 3 W, MD US station (4.3 mi from campus).
What Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel 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.