Private for-profit · Community college
South Hills Beauty Academy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 94%
- Grad / completion
- $23,453
- Median earnings
South Hills Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Seneca people called the confluence of the rivers Diondega or Jaödeogë’. Shannopin's Town was an 18th-century Lenape (Delaware) town located roughly from where Penn Avenue is today, below the mouth of Two Mile Run, from 30th Street to 39th Street. Pittsburgh boasts a rich arts and culture scene, with a history dating back to 19th-century industrialists who commissioned and donated public works including Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts and the Benedum Center, home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Opera. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 112 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub
How South Hills Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 93% · #9 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 90%
Higher than 12% · #127 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 99%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 43%
Percentiles compare South Hills 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women17395%
- Men105%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black19%
- Hispanic1.6%
- Asian4.4%
- Other or multiracial9.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 183
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 9%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 14%
- Median family income
- $23,284
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 94%
- First-year retention
- 97%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,858
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,453
- Median debt at graduation
- $3,431
- Students with federal loans
- 19%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 58%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
South Hills Beauty Academy funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,453
- Typical debt at graduation
- $3,431
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 15%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 41.3″
- Annual snow
- 44.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, PA US station (6.7 mi from campus).
What South Hills 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.