Private for-profit · Community college
Gerbers Akron Beauty School
Akron, Ohio · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,063
- Avg net price
- 60%
- Grad / completion
- $20,907
- Median earnings
Gerbers Akron Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Akron, Ohio (midsize city setting), enrolling 39 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Akron, Ohio
Akron is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The first settler in the Akron area was Major Miner Spicer, who came from Groton, Connecticut. He built a log cabin in the forest in 1810, and became the region's first citizen. Akron is home to E. J. Thomas Hall, one of three Akron performance halls. Regular acts include the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday Musical Club, and Children's Concert Society. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Akron, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 28 miles
- Nearest airport
- 15 miles to Akron Canton (CAK)
How Gerbers Akron Beauty School compares
Higher than 49% · #91 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 11%
Higher than 7% · #153 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 74% · #26 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 89%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Gerbers Akron Beauty School 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 race / ethnicity
- White21%
- Black46%
- Other or multiracial33%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 39
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
- First-generation students
- 67%
- Students over 25
- 24%
- Median family income
- $10,972
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
- $9,063
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
- 60%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,166
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $20,907
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 14%
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.
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?
Gerbers Akron Beauty School 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)
- $20,907
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 13%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 41.6″
- Annual snow
- 45″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Stow 4 SE, OH US station (6.7 mi from campus).
What Gerbers Akron Beauty School 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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- Transfer
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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.