Private for-profit · Community college
Grabber School of Hair Design
St. Louis, Missouri · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $10,827
- Avg net price
- 73%
- Grad / completion
- $27,109
- Median earnings
Grabber School of Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in St. Louis, Missouri (large suburb setting), enrolling 182 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Due to numerous major earthworks within St. Louis boundaries, the city was nicknamed "Mound City". These mounds were mostly demolished during the city's development. Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis was repatriated to the Osage Nation in 2025. The same year as the 1904 World's Fair, the Strassberger Music Conservatory Building was constructed at 2300 Grand. Otto Wilhelmi was the architect. In 1911, the conservatory had over 1,100 students. The building is presently in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to St. Louis, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 265 miles
- Nearest airport
- 13 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub
How Grabber School of Hair Design compares
Higher than 67% · #33 of 70 in Missouri
Higher than 17%
Higher than 24% · #49 of 62 in Missouri
Cheaper than 67% · #18 cheapest of 68 in Missouri
Lower than 77%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 42%
Percentiles compare Grabber 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 Missouri.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White62%
- Black31%
- Hispanic1.7%
- Asian2.8%
- Other or multiracial2.2%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 182
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 34%
- Median family income
- $21,203
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $10,827
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
- 73%
- First-year retention
- 56%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,573
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,109
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,830
- Students with federal loans
- 47%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 28%
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.
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?
Grabber 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)
- $27,109
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,830
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 29%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 26%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 43.9″
- Annual snow
- 13.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (8.2 mi from campus).
What Grabber School of Hair Design 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.