Private for-profit · Community college

Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy

New Castle, Pennsylvania · Fringe town

0%
Transfer rate
$8,962
Avg net price
57%
Grad / completion
$23,003
Median earnings

Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in New Castle, Pennsylvania (fringe town setting), enrolling 15 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 15 undergradsFringe townCold winters

About New Castle, Pennsylvania

New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. In 1798, John Carlysle Stewart, a civil engineer, traveled to western Pennsylvania to resurvey the "donation lands", which had been reserved for veterans of the Revolutionary War. The building was nearly condemned in 1996 after a wall fell on the sidewalk. Warner Bros. donated $150,000, which the Pennsylvania government matched, to restore the facade. Municipal officials have planned recent revitalization efforts around the historic site. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe town
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
67 miles
Nearest airport
36 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 44% · #107 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention78%

Higher than 60%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,003

Higher than 11% · #128 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$8,962

Cheaper than 75% · #16 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$7,500

Lower than 80%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment15

Larger than 2%

Percentiles compare Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle 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

15undergrads
  • Women1387%
  • Men213%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White87%
  • Hispanic6.7%
  • Other or multiracial6.7%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
15
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
43%
First-generation students
54%
Students over 25
43%
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
$8,962

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
57%
First-year retention
78%
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
46%
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.

< $30k
$8,962
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

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)
$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.

Solid value

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
86°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
41.8″
Annual snow
27.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Castle 1 N, PA US station (1.6 mi from campus).

What Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle 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.