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Private for-profit · Community college

Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School

Baltimore, Maryland · Large suburb

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Transfer rate
$19,047
Avg net price
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Grad / completion
$18,726
Median earnings

Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Baltimore, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 242 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 242 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. Baltimore has historically been a working-class port town, sometimes dubbed a "city of neighborhoods". It comprises 72 designated historic districts traditionally occupied by distinct ethnic groups. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
7 miles to Baltimore, MD
To the ocean
2 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub

How Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School compares

First-year retention52%

Higher than 13%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$18,726

Higher than 4% · #35 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$19,047

Cheaper than 36% · #26 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$11,845

Lower than 31%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment242

Larger than 49%

Percentiles compare Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School 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 Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

242undergrads
  • Women16167%
  • Men8133%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White4.5%
  • Black90%
  • Hispanic3.7%
  • Other or multiracial1.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
242
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
38%
First-generation students
71%
Students over 25
54%
Median family income
$11,688

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
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Room & board
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Total cost of attendance
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Average net price
$19,047

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
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First-year retention
52%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$15,277
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$18,726
Median debt at graduation
$11,845
Students with federal loans
34%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
20%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

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
$18,750
$30–48k
$19,545
$48–75k
$20,427
$75–110k
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$110k+
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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?

Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School 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)
$18,726
Typical debt at graduation
$11,845
Debt vs. one year's pay
63%
Out-earn a HS grad
22%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

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.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
30°F
Annual rain
43.7″
Annual snow
19.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MD Sci Ctr Baltimore, MD US station (7.6 mi from campus).

What Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
93 grads$19k 1 yr$22k 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.