Colleges

Private for-profit · Community college

Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy

Fairfield, Ohio · Large suburb

4%
Transfer rate
$13,898
Avg net price
96%
Grad / completion
$22,137
Median earnings

Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fairfield, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 88 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 88 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Fairfield, Ohio

Fairfield is a city in southern Butler County, Ohio, United States. The prehistoric Hopewell and Adena peoples constructed numerous earthworks around the city, though most were unwittingly removed by early settlers in order to accommodate farm fields. Fairfield has a highly diversified economy without a dominant industry, though two of the city's top employers are insurance companies. The corporate headquarters of insurance company Cincinnati Financial is located in Fairfield. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
166 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate96%

Higher than 94% · #9 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention87%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,137

Higher than 9% · #147 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$13,898

Cheaper than 55% · #67 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$6,312

Lower than 94%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment88

Larger than 25%

Percentiles compare Moler-Pickens 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

  • White26%
  • Black39%
  • Hispanic3.4%
  • Asian30%
  • Other or multiracial2.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
88
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
62%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
34%
Median family income
$14,196

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
$13,898

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
87%
Transferred to another college
4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,487
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$22,137
Median debt at graduation
$6,312
Students with federal loans
62%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
13%

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
$13,598
$30–48k
$13,134
$48–75k
$17,860
$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.

2%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$850
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% 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 53 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)
$22,137
Typical debt at graduation
$6,312
Debt vs. one year's pay
29%
Out-earn a HS grad
18%

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.

Campus climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
41.4″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, OH US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
50 grads$22k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$13k 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.