Private for-profit · Community college
Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College
Gary, Indiana · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,011
- Avg net price
- 33%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Gary, Indiana (large suburb setting), enrolling 40 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1906 by the U.S. Steel corporation as the home for its new plant, Gary Works. The city was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man featured the song "Gary, Indiana", in which lead character (and con man) Professor Harold Hill wistfully recalls his purported hometown, then prosperous. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 28 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 7 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Gary/Chicago (GYY)
How Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College compares
Higher than 17% · #43 of 46 in Indiana
Higher than 1%
Cheaper than 47% · #13 cheapest of 51 in Indiana
Lower than 16%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College 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 gender
- Women2153%
- Men1948%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White5.0%
- Black88%
- Hispanic5.0%
- Other or multiracial2.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 40
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 91%
- First-generation students
- 67%
- Students over 25
- 70%
- Median family income
- $8,000
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
- $16,011
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
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 0%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $15,711
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,302
- Students with federal loans
- 86%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 39.2″
- Annual snow
- 40.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Indiana Dunes NL, IN US station (14.6 mi from campus).
What Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College 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.