Private for-profit · Community college

PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond

Richmond, Indiana · Distant town

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Transfer rate: $24,006
Avg net price: 54%
Grad / completion: $24,039
Median earnings

PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Richmond, Indiana (distant town setting), enrolling 55 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 55 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Richmond, Indiana

Richmond is a city in eastern Wayne County, Indiana, United States. In 1806 the first European Americans in the area, Quaker families from the state of North Carolina, settled along the East Fork of the Whitewater River. This was part of a general westward migration in the early decades after the American Revolution. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 35 miles to Dayton, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 146 miles
Nearest airport: 33 miles to James M. Cox Dayton (DAY)

How PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond compares

Graduation rate54%

Higher than 41% · #32 of 46 in Indiana

First-year retention64%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,039

Higher than 15% · #33 of 42 in Indiana

Average net price$24,006

Cheaper than 20% · #39 cheapest of 51 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment55

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond 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 Indiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White87%
Black3.6%
Hispanic3.6%
Other or multiracial5.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 55
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 58%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 27%
Median family income: $10,071

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: $24,006

Outcomes

Graduated: 54%
First-year retention: 64%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $16,731
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,039
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 49%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$21,376

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$25,483

$75–110k

$30,528

$110k+

$30,528

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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $24,039
Typical debt at graduation: $9,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 41%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 4.1 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: 85°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 42.9″
Annual snow: 24.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Richmond Wtr Wks, IN US station (2.4 mi from campus).

What PJ's College of Cosmetology-Richmond graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

38 grads$16k 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

38$15,581—$13,458

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.