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Private for-profit · Community college

Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy

Lynchburg, Virginia · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
—
Avg net price
50%
Grad / completion
$17,106
Median earnings

Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lynchburg, Virginia (small city setting), enrolling 175 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 175 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States. Monacan Indian Nation and other Siouan Tutelo-speaking tribes had lived in the area for over 10,000 years, driving the Virginia Algonquians eastward to the coastal areas. Of Virginia's larger metro areas, Forbes Magazine ranked Lynchburg the fifth best place in Virginia for business in 2006, with Virginia being the best state in the country for business. In the same survey, Lynchburg achieved the rank of 109th in the nation. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
43 miles to Roanoke, VA
To the ocean
104 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (LYH)

How Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy compares

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 37% · #31 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention47%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$17,106

Higher than 2% · #62 of 62 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment175

Larger than 41%

Percentiles compare Sylvain Melloul International Hair 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 Virginia.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White46%
  • Black36%
  • Hispanic4.0%
  • Asian1.1%
  • Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
175
Student–faculty ratio
11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
60%
First-generation students
43%
Students over 25
37%
Median family income
$19,394

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated
50%
First-year retention
47%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$17,502
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$17,106
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
21%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$25

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?

Sylvain Melloul International Hair 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)
$17,106
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
56%
Out-earn a HS grad
—

Typical debt would take roughly 5.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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
87°F
Winter low
26°F
Annual rain
42.8″
Annual snow
11.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lynchburg Rgnl AP, VA US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
60 grads$16k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$11k debt
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
18 grads— 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.