Private for-profit · Community college
Pro Beauty Academy
Edison, New Jersey · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $33,472
- Avg net price
- 68%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Pro Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Edison, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 67 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Edison, New Jersey
Edison is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In 1646, Chief Matouchin led a group of 1,200 warriors. Oak Tree Pond is the site of the Battle of Short Hills, a minor battle of the American Revolutionary War, and the conversion into a park ended a real estate development controversy. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 20 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 4 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub
How Pro Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 59% · #39 of 89 in New Jersey
Higher than 75%
Cheaper than 5% · #76 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey
Lower than 96%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 19%
Percentiles compare Pro 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 New Jersey.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White13%
- Black30%
- Hispanic34%
- Asian7.5%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 67
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 56%
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
- $33,472
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
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Students with federal loans
- 32%
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.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 48.7″
- Annual snow
- 21.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Plainfield, NJ US station (4 mi from campus).
What Pro Beauty Academy 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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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.