Private for-profit · Community college

Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School

Southgate, Michigan · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $18,242
Avg net price: 79%
Grad / completion: $36,048
Median earnings

Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Southgate, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 57 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 57 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Southgate, Michigan

Southgate is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Pierre Michel Campau was the first white settler in Southgate. He moved into the area in 1795, which subsequently became a farming community. Other people from the Detroit area at the Rouge and Detroit Rivers followed him to Southgate. The Southgate Nature Center is a public nature preserve connected to Southgate Anderson High School originally created to teach students about nature preservation. This 30 acre park includes ponds, a fishing dock, forests, fields, and walking trails. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 13 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School compares

Graduation rate79%

Higher than 75% · #21 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,048

Higher than 52% · #26 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$18,242

Cheaper than 39% · #55 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$10,556

Lower than 40%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment57

Larger than 16%

Percentiles compare Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School 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 gender

Women5495%
Men35%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White23%
Black47%
Hispanic18%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 57
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 74%
First-generation students: 38%
Students over 25: 42%
Median family income: $37,033

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: $18,242

Outcomes

Graduated: 79%
First-year retention: 50%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,619
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,048
Median debt at graduation: $10,556
Students with federal loans: 83%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 42%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

79%

Low-income (Pell)

77%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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

$17,496

$30–48k

$17,172

$48–75k

$19,925

$75–110k

$23,455

$110k+

$23,455

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $36,048
Typical debt at graduation: $10,556
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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: 84°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 34.3″
Annual snow: 45″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Detroit Metro AP, MI US station (6.4 mi from campus).

What Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

28 grads$20k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$11k debt

28$20,460$27,604$10,556

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.