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Private for-profit · Community college

Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy

Cincinnati, Ohio · Large city

4%
Transfer rate
$9,456
Avg net price
71%
Grad / completion
$17,832
Median earnings

Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 73 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 73 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers, including Scotch Irish, frontiersmen, and keelboaters. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
173 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 63% · #65 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention80%

Higher than 64%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$17,832

Higher than 3% · #155 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$9,456

Cheaper than 72% · #30 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment73

Larger than 20%

Percentiles compare Moler Hollywood 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White37%
  • Black40%
  • Hispanic8.2%
  • Asian15%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
73
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
94%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
46%
Median family income
$10,126

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
$9,456

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
71%
First-year retention
80%
Transferred to another college
4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$11,880
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$17,832
Median debt at graduation
$6,333
Students with federal loans
94%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
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.

< $30k
$8,587
$30–48k
$12,050
$48–75k
$12,990
$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.

4%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$850
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $850. 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 25 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)
$17,832
Typical debt at graduation
$6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay
36%
Out-earn a HS grad
15%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 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
87°F
Winter low
24°F
Annual rain
43.4″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cincinnati Lunken AP, OH US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
33 grads$20k 1 yr$12k 5 yr$20k debt

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.