Private for-profit · Community college
Reflections Academy of Beauty
Decatur, Illinois · Small city
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- Transfer rate
- $20,082
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Reflections Academy of Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Decatur, Illinois (small city setting), enrolling 40 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Decatur, Illinois
Decatur is the largest city in Macon County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The Potawatomi Trail of Death passed through the city in 1838. The Decatur Municipal Band was organized September 19, 1857, making it one of the oldest nonmilitary bands in continuous service in the United States and Canada. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 38 miles to Springfield, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 146 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Decatur (DEC)
How Reflections Academy of Beauty compares
Higher than 37% · #73 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 1%
Cheaper than 32% · #89 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 11%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Reflections Academy of Beauty 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
- White18%
- Black75%
- Other or multiracial7.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 40
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 52%
- Median family income
- $10,861
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
- $20,082
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
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 5%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
- $16,500
- Students with federal loans
- 35%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 46%
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
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 40.4″
- Annual snow
- 13.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Decatur Wtp, IL US station (3.5 mi from campus).
What Reflections Academy of Beauty 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.