Private for-profit · Community college

Hair Academy II

Hillcrest Heights, Maryland · Large suburb

2%
Transfer rate: $23,444
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $43,383
Median earnings

Hair Academy II is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 218 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 218 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Hillcrest Heights, Maryland

Hillcrest Heights is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Much of the community was originally an estate, Colebrook, purchased in 1671 by Thomas Dent and William Hatton, and then in 1688 by Colonel John Addison. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Washington, DC
To the ocean: 4 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) · major hub

How Hair Academy II compares

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 42% · #13 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention52%

Higher than 13%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$43,383

Higher than 80% · #12 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$23,444

Cheaper than 22% · #32 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment218

Larger than 47%

Percentiles compare Hair Academy II 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 Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women18786%
Men3114%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White1.4%
Black99%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 218
Student–faculty ratio: 25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 35%
First-generation students: 70%
Students over 25: 52%
Median family income: $6,159

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: $23,444

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 52%
Transferred to another college: 2%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $16,006
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $43,383
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 41%

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

$23,288

$30–48k

$23,492

$48–75k

$24,817

$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?

Hair Academy II 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): $43,383
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 15%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 1.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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: 88°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 46.8″
Annual snow: 13.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oxon Hill, MD US station (3.9 mi from campus).

What Hair Academy II graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

110 grads$13k 1 yr$15k 5 yr— debt

110$12,948$14,785—

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.