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Private for-profit · Community college

Don Roberts School of Hair Design

Schererville, Indiana · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$17,345
Avg net price
76%
Grad / completion
$19,976
Median earnings

Don Roberts School of Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Schererville, Indiana (large suburb setting), enrolling 25 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 25 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Schererville, Indiana

Schererville is a town in St. John and Center townships, Lake County, Indiana, United States. Today, trails still cross at Schererville, the modern trails of a motorized society, U.S. Highways 41 and 30. Nearby are newer trails, I-80/94 and I-65. All these are primary transcontinental routes and gives Schererville its slogan: "Crossroads of the Nation." (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
29 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore
11 miles
Nearest airport
9 miles to Gary/Chicago (GYY)

How Don Roberts School of Hair Design compares

Graduation rate76%

Higher than 71% · #11 of 46 in Indiana

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$19,976

Higher than 5% · #41 of 42 in Indiana

Average net price$17,345

Cheaper than 42% · #18 cheapest of 51 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$8,025

Lower than 72%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment25

Larger than 5%

Percentiles compare Don Roberts School 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 Indiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White56%
  • Black28%
  • Hispanic16%

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
7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
38%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
33%
Median family income
$18,830

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
$17,345

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
76%
First-year retention
100%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$12,608
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$19,976
Median debt at graduation
$8,025
Students with federal loans
46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
55%

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.

< $30k
$16,005
$30–48k
$17,956
$48–75k
—
$75–110k
$19,189
$110k+
$19,189

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?

Don Roberts School of Hair Design 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)
$19,976
Typical debt at graduation
$8,025
Debt vs. one year's pay
40%
Out-earn a HS grad
23%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.0 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
84°F
Winter low
15°F
Annual rain
42.1″
Annual snow
28.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Park Forest, IL US station (12.1 mi from campus).

What Don Roberts School of Hair Design graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
18 grads$17k 1 yr$18k 5 yr$15k debt

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.