Private for-profit · Community college
Butler Beauty Academy
Butler, Pennsylvania · Fringe town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $10,406
- Avg net price
- 77%
- Grad / completion
- $23,003
- Median earnings
Butler Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Butler, Pennsylvania (fringe town setting), enrolling 26 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Butler, Pennsylvania
Butler is a city in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Butler was named for Maj. Gen. Richard Butler, who fell at the Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat, in western Ohio in 1791. The Butler County Symphony Orchestra, is Butler County's largest performing arts non-profit. Founded in 1948 as the Butler Orchestral Association, the BCSO has been in continuous operations since its first concert in April 1950. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 29 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 84 miles
- Nearest airport
- 31 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub
How Butler Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 72% · #49 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 79%
Higher than 11% · #128 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 69% · #22 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 80%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare Butler 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 gender
- Women2285%
- Men415%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White88%
- Black3.8%
- Hispanic3.8%
- Asian3.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 26
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 43%
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Students over 25
- 29%
- Median family income
- $13,728
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
- $10,406
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
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,947
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,003
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,500
- Students with federal loans
- 33%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 31%
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%.
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Butler 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,003
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 33%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 14%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 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
- 17°F
- Annual rain
- 43.2″
- Annual snow
- 34.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Butler 2 SW, PA US station (1.7 mi from campus).
What Butler 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.