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Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman

Boardman, Ohio · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$16,477
Avg net price
58%
Grad / completion
$22,437
Median earnings

Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Boardman, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 129 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 129 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Boardman, Ohio

Boardman was founded by Elijah Boardman, a land agent of the Connecticut Land Company and later U.S. Senator, in the late 1790s as township 1, range 2 within the Connecticut Western Reserve. Boardman is a large, sprawling suburb. It is a busy community south of Youngstown composed of many businesses, being one of the main retail hubs of the Mahoning Valley along with the U.S. Route 422 "Strip" in Niles, Ohio. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
59 miles
Nearest airport
40 miles to Akron Canton (CAK)

How Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 46% · #99 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention81%

Higher than 66%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,437

Higher than 10% · #144 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$16,477

Cheaper than 45% · #81 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$6,251

Lower than 94%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment129

Larger than 34%

Percentiles compare Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman 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 gender

129undergrads
  • Women11791%
  • Men129%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White67%
  • Black20%
  • Hispanic3.9%
  • Other or multiracial8.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
129
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
55%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
38%
Median family income
$13,518

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
$16,477

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
58%
First-year retention
81%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$17,659
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$22,437
Median debt at graduation
$6,251
Students with federal loans
50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
21%

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
$16,280
$30–48k
$14,407
$48–75k
$17,878
$75–110k
—
$110k+
$22,606

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

60%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$771
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 60% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $771. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 50 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$22,437
Typical debt at graduation
$6,251
Debt vs. one year's pay
28%
Out-earn a HS grad
—

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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
83°F
Winter low
17°F
Annual rain
40.8″
Annual snow
27.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Warren 3 S, OH US station (14.1 mi from campus).

What Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
81 grads$12k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
18 grads$13k 1 yr— 5 yr— 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.