Private for-profit · Community college
Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture
Hillside, Illinois · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $12,747
- Avg net price
- 44%
- Grad / completion
- $24,535
- Median earnings
Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hillside, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 52 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hillside, Illinois
Hillside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. German Lutheran immigrants planted farms and constructed Hillside's first school and church (Immanuel) near the intersection of Wolf and 22nd Street in the 1840s, which marked the start of the community's formal settlement. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 13 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 13 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture compares
Higher than 30% · #90 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 28%
Higher than 16% · #98 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 59% · #62 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 56%
Larger than 14%
Percentiles compare Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture 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 Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black83%
- Hispanic7.7%
- Other or multiracial9.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 52
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 25%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 51%
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
- $12,747
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
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 63%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,535
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 22%
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.
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?
Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 37.9″
- Annual snow
- 38.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Ohare Intl AP, IL US station (8.3 mi from campus).
What Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture 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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture side by side →
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- Transfer
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Melrose Park, IL · Private for-profit · Certificate · 1,539 students
Triton College
River Grove, IL · Public · Certificate · 6,902 students
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Dominican University
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Verve College
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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.