Private for-profit · Community college

Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute

Lowell, Massachusetts · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $14,839
Avg net price: 82%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lowell, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 66 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 66 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Massachusetts, United States. The Pawtucket Falls, which provided the hydropower for Lowell's industry in the 1800s, also served as an important seasonal fishing site for native people at the time of European colonization in the 1600s. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 23 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean: 23 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED)

How Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 80% · #14 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Average net price$14,839

Cheaper than 51% · #20 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$7,994

Lower than 73%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment66

Larger than 18%

Percentiles compare Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute 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 Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White56%
Black9.1%
Hispanic24%
Asian11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 66
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 51%
Students over 25: 17%
Median family income: $18,713

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: $14,839

Outcomes

Graduated: 82%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $44,170
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $7,994
Students with federal loans: 64%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 36%

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

$14,839

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 85°F
Winter low: 16°F
Annual rain: 48.5″
Annual snow: 66.8″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lowell, MA US station (2.8 mi from campus).

What Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

36 grads$17k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$8k debt

36$17,058$32,171$7,944

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.