Private for-profit · Community college

Michigan College of Beauty-Troy

Troy, Michigan · Small city

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Transfer rate: $18,013
Avg net price: 68%
Grad / completion: $22,058
Median earnings

Michigan College of Beauty-Troy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Troy, Michigan (small city setting), enrolling 230 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 230 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Troy, Michigan

Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The earliest recorded purchases of land in what was known as Troy Township occurred in 1819. A couple of years later, a settlement known as Troy Corners was established due to Johnson Niles buying 160 acres in the region. The area is currently the north-central area of Troy. The Troy Historic Village is a collection of historical museums and structures chronicling Troy's history. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 17 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 18 miles
Nearest airport: 27 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Michigan College of Beauty-Troy compares

Graduation rate68%

Higher than 58% · #34 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention84%

Higher than 71%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,058

Higher than 9% · #74 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$18,013

Cheaper than 40% · #51 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment230

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Michigan College of Beauty-Troy 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 Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women22397%
Men73%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White48%
Black37%
Hispanic8.3%
Other or multiracial7.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 230
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 76%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 49%
Median family income: $15,543

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: $18,013

Outcomes

Graduated: 68%
First-year retention: 84%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,608
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $22,058
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 83%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 35%

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

$18,075

$30–48k

$14,468

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Michigan College of Beauty-Troy 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): $22,058
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 26%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$21,274

Men

$37,406

Men out-earn women by $16,132 (76%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 33.9″
Annual snow: 36″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pontiac Wwtp, MI US station (8.1 mi from campus).

What Michigan College of Beauty-Troy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

191 grads$17k 1 yr$24k 5 yr$10k debt

191$16,695$24,122$9,639

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.