Private for-profit · Community college

The Academy of Hair Design LLC

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Large city

#1 graduation rate in Oklahoma

0%
Transfer rate: $18,005
Avg net price: 100%
Grad / completion: $23,567
Median earnings

The Academy of Hair Design LLC is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (large city setting), enrolling 56 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 56 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City was settled on April 22, 1889, when the area known as the "Unassigned Lands" was opened for settlement in an event known as "The Land Run". On April 26 of that year, its first mayor was elected, William Couch. The Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is the new downtown home for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The museum features visiting exhibits, original selections from its collection, a theater showing various foreign, independent, and classic films each week, and a restaurant. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Oklahoma City, OK
To the ocean: 430 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to OKC Will Rogers World (OKC) · major hub

How The Academy of Hair Design LLC compares

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 98% · #1 of 67 in Oklahoma

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,567

Higher than 13% · #51 of 61 in Oklahoma

Average net price$18,005

Cheaper than 40% · #52 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma

Median debt at graduation$16,500

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment56

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare The Academy of Hair Design LLC 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 Oklahoma.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White80%
Black3.6%
Hispanic8.9%
Other or multiracial7.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 56
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 21%
Median family income: $16,291

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: $18,005

Outcomes

Graduated: 100%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,028
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,567
Median debt at graduation: $16,500
Students with federal loans: 59%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 33%

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

$17,930

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$18,455

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

The Academy of Hair Design LLC 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): $23,567
Typical debt at graduation: $16,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 70%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 7.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

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: 95°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 30.7″
Annual snow: 6.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oklahoma City Post AP, OK US station (7.4 mi from campus).

What The Academy of Hair Design LLC graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

37 grads$18k 1 yr— 5 yr$17k debt

37$17,958—$16,500

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.