Private for-profit · Community college

Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex

Baltimore, Maryland · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $16,374
Avg net price: 75%
Grad / completion: $20,445
Median earnings

Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Baltimore, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 35 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 35 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. Baltimore has historically been a working-class port town, sometimes dubbed a "city of neighborhoods". It comprises 72 designated historic districts traditionally occupied by distinct ethnic groups. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Baltimore, MD
To the ocean: 2 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub

How Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex compares

Graduation rate75%

Higher than 70% · #6 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention86%

Higher than 75%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$20,445

Higher than 6% · #33 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$16,374

Cheaper than 46% · #21 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$8,500

Lower than 70%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment35

Larger than 8%

Percentiles compare Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex 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 race / ethnicity

White49%
Black34%
Hispanic14%
Other or multiracial2.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 35
Student–faculty ratio: 25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 88%
First-generation students: 67%
Students over 25: 44%
Median family income: $12,318

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: $16,374

Outcomes

Graduated: 75%
First-year retention: 86%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,104
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $20,445
Median debt at graduation: $8,500
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 31%

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

$15,041

$30–48k

$18,441

$48–75k

$20,241

$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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $20,445
Typical debt at graduation: $8,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 42%
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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: 30°F
Annual rain: 43.7″
Annual snow: 19.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MD Sci Ctr Baltimore, MD US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

57 grads$13k 1 yr— 5 yr$12k debt

57$13,002—$11,500

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.