Private for-profit · Community college

Ohio State Beauty Academy

Lima, Ohio · Small suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $5,994
Avg net price: 57%
Grad / completion: $25,434
Median earnings

Ohio State Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lima, Ohio (small suburb setting), enrolling 91 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 91 undergradsSmall suburbCold winters

About Lima, Ohio

Lima is a city in Allen County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. In the years after the American Revolution, the Shawnee were the most prominent residents of west central Ohio, growing in numbers and permanency after the 1794 Treaty of Greenville. In January 1953, a committee composed of John LaRotonda, Ben Schultz, Dom Trovarelli and Fred Mills organized the Lima Symphony Orchestra. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 55 miles to Fort Wayne, IN
To Great Lakes shore: 75 miles
Nearest airport: 56 miles to Fort Wayne (FWA)

How Ohio State Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 45% · #101 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,434

Higher than 19% · #135 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$5,994

Cheaper than 87% · #13 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$8,498

Lower than 70%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment91

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare Ohio State 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

White80%
Black5.5%
Hispanic2.2%
Asian2.2%
Other or multiracial9.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 91
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 20%
Median family income: $30,626

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: $5,994

Outcomes

Graduated: 57%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,888
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,434
Median debt at graduation: $8,498
Students with federal loans: 56%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 35%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $20

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

$4,993

$30–48k

$5,145

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$10,540

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?

Ohio State Beauty Academy 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): $25,434
Typical debt at graduation: $8,498
Debt vs. one year's pay: 33%
Out-earn a HS grad: 14%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 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: 84°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 41.2″
Annual snow: 18.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lima Wwtp, OH US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Ohio State Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

44 grads$17k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$10k debt

44$16,819$22,543$10,000

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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Tuition: —
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Tuition: —
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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.