Private for-profit · Community college

Career Academy of Hair Design

Springdale, Arkansas · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $12,728
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $21,567
Median earnings

Career Academy of Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Springdale, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 245 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 245 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Springdale, Arkansas

Springdale is a city in Washington and Benton counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Springdale was formerly called Shiloh and was platted under that original name in 1866. In 1878, the town was incorporated with the name of Springdale. The Springdale Post Office contains a 1939 Natalie Smith Henry mural, titled Local Industries, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. Depictions of poultry and fruit farmers reflected the early industries of Tyson Foods and Welch's Grape Juice Company. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Fayetteville, AR
To the ocean: 427 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Northwest Arkansas National (XNA)

How Career Academy of Hair Design compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 68% · #9 of 47 in Arkansas

First-year retention59%

Higher than 22%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$21,567

Higher than 8% · #33 of 43 in Arkansas

Average net price$12,728

Cheaper than 59% · #28 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas

Median debt at graduation$6,365

Lower than 87%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment245

Larger than 49%

Percentiles compare Career Academy of Hair Design 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 Arkansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women22993%
Men167%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White63%
Black7.8%
Hispanic19%
Asian2.9%
Other or multiracial6.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 245
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 61%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $17,526

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: $12,728

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 59%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,556
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $21,567
Median debt at graduation: $6,365
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 37%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$13,510

$30–48k

$9,370

$48–75k

$15,210

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$432

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 8% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $432. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 198 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $21,567
Typical debt at graduation: $6,365
Debt vs. one year's pay: 30%
Out-earn a HS grad: 23%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 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: 89°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 46.3″
Annual snow: 6.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR US station (5.2 mi from campus).

What Career Academy of Hair Design graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

178 grads$17k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$10k debt

178$16,574$20,764$9,855

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.