Private for-profit · Community college
Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling
Grand Blanc, Michigan · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $16,266
- Median earnings
Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Grand Blanc, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 16 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Grand Blanc, Michigan
Grand Blanc is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. Grand Blanc Township formed in 1833 in an area that became the city. The township center began to boom in 1864 with the arrival of the railroad (now known as the CSX Saginaw Subdivision). (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 49 miles to Lansing, MI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 48 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Bishop (FNT)
How Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling compares
Higher than 1% · #86 of 88 in Michigan
Lower than 86%
Larger than 3%
Percentiles compare Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling 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 Michigan.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White75%
- Black6.3%
- Hispanic19%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 16
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 15%
- Median family income
- $18,760
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,144
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $16,266
- Median debt at graduation
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- Students with federal loans
- 47%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 53%
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $16,266
- Typical debt at graduation
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- Debt vs. one year's pay
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- Out-earn a HS grad
- 18%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 32.2″
- Annual snow
- 52.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Goodrich, MI US station (5.8 mi from campus).
What Sharp's Academy of Hairstyling 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.