Private for-profit · Community college

Modern Hairstyling Institute-Arecibo

Arecibo, Puerto Rico · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $5,161
Avg net price: 81%
Grad / completion: $15,266
Median earnings

Modern Hairstyling Institute-Arecibo is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Arecibo, Puerto Rico (small city setting), enrolling 76 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 76 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 74% admitMild wintersNear the coast

About Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Arecibo is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. Arecibo was officially founded as a town by the Spanish crown on May 1, 1616, under the governorship of Captain Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra, when the King of Spain granted the land (and the Taino living there) to Lope Conchillos. Arecibo began celebrating its patron saint festival in 1616. Arecibo celebrates its patron saint festival in May. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 42 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean: 1 mile

How Modern Hairstyling Institute-Arecibo compares

Selectivity74.0%

More selective than 66% · #9 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate81%

Higher than 79% · #14 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention77%

Higher than 59%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$15,266

Higher than 1% · #67 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$5,161

Cheaper than 90% · #23 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment76

Larger than 21%

Percentiles compare Modern Hairstyling Institute-Arecibo 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 Puerto Rico.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women5978%
Men1722%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

Hispanic100%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 76
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 96%
First-generation students: 29%
Students over 25: 16%
Median family income: $0

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: $5,161

Admissions

Admission rate: 74.0%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 81%
First-year retention: 77%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $16,310
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $15,266
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $35

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

$5,100

$30–48k

$5,100

$48–75k

$5,922

$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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

100%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$183

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $183. 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 79 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): $15,266
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 8%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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

$14,003

Men

$22,333

Men out-earn women by $8,330 (59%) 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: 87°F
Winter low: 61°F
Annual rain: 84.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Arecibo Obsy, PR RQ station (8.7 mi from campus).

What Modern Hairstyling Institute-Arecibo graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

67 grads$5k 1 yr$11k 5 yr— debt

67$5,199$11,012—

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.