Private for-profit · Community college
Model College of Hair Design
Saint Cloud, Minnesota · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $10,946
- Avg net price
- 61%
- Grad / completion
- $25,410
- Median earnings
Model College of Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Saint Cloud, Minnesota (small city setting), enrolling 199 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Saint Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud or Saint Cloud is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The Minnesota Territory was organized in 1849. The St. Cloud area opened up to homesteading after the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed with the Dakota people in 1851. St. Cloud is home to a variety of notable sites and institutions that reflect its cultural and recreational significance. The St. Cloud Area Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes an area events calendar, dining and lodging information. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 59 miles to Minneapolis, MN
- To Great Lakes shore
- 129 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Saint Cloud (STC)
How Model College of Hair Design compares
Higher than 51% · #10 of 42 in Minnesota
Higher than 80%
Higher than 19% · #36 of 40 in Minnesota
Cheaper than 66% · #11 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota
Lower than 82%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 45%
Percentiles compare Model College of Hair Design 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 Minnesota.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White82%
- Black10%
- Hispanic6.0%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial1.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 199
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 39%
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Students over 25
- 19%
- Median family income
- $43,665
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
- $10,946
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
- 61%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,411
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,410
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,139
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 59%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 27
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 14%
- Housing charge (year)
- $3,224
- Application fee
- $100
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 6% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,175. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 78 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $25,410
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,139
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 30%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 3°F
- Annual rain
- 28.5″
- Annual snow
- 47.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Cloud Rgnl AP, MN US station (5.3 mi from campus).
What Model College of Hair Design 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.