Private for-profit · Community college

Elite School of Cosmetology

Norwalk, Ohio · Fringe town

0%
Transfer rate: $32,349
Avg net price: 65%
Grad / completion: $23,547
Median earnings

Elite School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Norwalk, Ohio (fringe town setting), enrolling 200 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 200 undergradsFringe townCold wintersSnowy

About Norwalk, Ohio

Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. On July 11, 1779, Norwalk, Connecticut, was burned by British Loyalists under Lieutenant-general William Tryon. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Fringe town
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 51 miles to Cleveland, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 12 miles
Nearest airport: 41 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub

How Elite School of Cosmetology compares

Graduation rate65%

Higher than 55% · #81 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention70%

Higher than 43%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,547

Higher than 12% · #140 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$32,349

Cheaper than 6% · #149 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$7,412

Lower than 80%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment200

Larger than 45%

Percentiles compare Elite School of Cosmetology 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women17990%
Men2111%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White67%
Black17%
Hispanic8.5%
Asian0.5%
Other or multiracial7.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 200
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 57%
Students over 25: 47%
Median family income: $12,592

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: $32,349

Outcomes

Graduated: 65%
First-year retention: 70%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,104
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,547
Median debt at graduation: $7,412
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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

$31,091

$30–48k

$32,158

$48–75k

$35,636

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$35,636

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?

Elite School of Cosmetology 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): $23,547
Typical debt at graduation: $7,412
Debt vs. one year's pay: 31%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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: 83°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 40.1″
Annual snow: 32.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Norwalk Wwtp, OH US station (2.3 mi from campus).

What Elite School of Cosmetology graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

138 grads$15k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$13k debt

138$15,241$32,984$12,888

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.