Private for-profit · Community college
Metro Beauty Academy
Allentown, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,756
- Avg net price
- 96%
- Grad / completion
- $33,859
- Median earnings
Metro Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 197 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. On May 18, 1732, the land was deeded by Thomas Penn, one of three sons of William Penn, founder of the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania, to Joseph Turner, a Philadelphia-based iron manufacturer and politician. Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs at Miller Symphony Hall, located on N. 6th Street in Center City. The city has a musical heritage of civilian concert bands and is home to Allentown Band, the nation's oldest civilian concert band, founded in 1828. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Allentown, PA
- To the ocean
- 47 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Lehigh Valley (ABE)
How Metro Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 95% · #4 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 88%
Higher than 45% · #87 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 29% · #104 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 72%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 45%
Percentiles compare Metro Beauty Academy 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White67%
- Black4.1%
- Hispanic17%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial12%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 197
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16%
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Students over 25
- 17%
- Median family income
- $30,012
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
- $20,756
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
- 96%
- First-year retention
- 95%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,872
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $33,859
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,028
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 47%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $45
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?
Metro Beauty Academy 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)
- $33,859
- Typical debt at graduation
- $8,028
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 24%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 47.4″
- Annual snow
- 33.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Allentown Intl AP, PA US station (8 mi from campus).
What Metro Beauty Academy 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.