Private for-profit · Community college

The Beauty Institute-Ambler

Ambler, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $17,878
Avg net price: 68%
Grad / completion: $24,785
Median earnings

The Beauty Institute-Ambler is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Ambler, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 160 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 160 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Ambler, Pennsylvania

Ambler is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Lenape established a peace treaty with Quaker William Penn in the 1680s. Act II Playhouse is a 130-seat professional theatre founded in 1998. Act II has been nominated for 31 Barrymore Awards and has won six. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Philadelphia, PA
To the ocean: 14 miles
Nearest airport: 20 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub

How The Beauty Institute-Ambler compares

Graduation rate68%

Higher than 59% · #81 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention74%

Higher than 52%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,785

Higher than 17% · #117 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$17,878

Cheaper than 40% · #73 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$9,583

Lower than 51%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment160

Larger than 39%

Percentiles compare The Beauty Institute-Ambler 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

Women14792%
Men138%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White31%
Black37%
Hispanic19%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 160
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 84%
First-generation students: 59%
Students over 25: 40%
Median family income: $12,429

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: $17,878

Outcomes

Graduated: 68%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,887
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,785
Median debt at graduation: $9,583
Students with federal loans: 95%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 31%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$17,757

$30–48k

$18,811

$48–75k

$19,652

$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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 310 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $24,785
Typical debt at graduation: $9,583
Debt vs. one year's pay: 39%
Out-earn a HS grad: 30%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 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: 85°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 50.6″
Annual snow: 25.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Willow Grove Nas, PA US station (5 mi from campus).

What The Beauty Institute-Ambler graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

200 grads$16k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$12k debt

200$15,977$22,654$11,705

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.