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The Professional Cosmetology Academy

Laredo, Texas · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$14,416
Avg net price
77%
Grad / completion
—
Median earnings

The Professional Cosmetology Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Laredo, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 146 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 146 undergradsLarge city

About Laredo, Texas

Laredo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Webb County, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Spanish colonial settlement of Villa de San Agustín de Laredo was founded in 1755 by Don Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera, while the area was part of the Nuevo Santander region in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. The Washington's Birthday Celebration, a month-long event that celebrates George Washington's birthday, is the largest annual celebration of its kind in the United States, with 400,000 attendees. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
2 miles to Laredo, TX
To the ocean
105 miles
Nearest airport
1 mile to Laredo (LRD)

How The Professional Cosmetology Academy compares

Graduation rate77%

Higher than 72% · #67 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention77%

Higher than 58%

Average net price$14,416

Cheaper than 53% · #95 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment146

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare The Professional Cosmetology 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 Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White0.7%
  • Hispanic99%
  • Other or multiracial0.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
146
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
72%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
28%

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
$14,416

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
77%
First-year retention
77%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
—
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
—
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
69%

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%.

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
$15,301
$30–48k
$13,453
$48–75k
$13,125
$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.

29%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$411
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 29% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $411. 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 31 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high
101°F
Winter low
47°F
Annual rain
19.7″
Annual snow
0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°80°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Laredo 2, TX US station (1.3 mi from campus).

What The Professional Cosmetology Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
60 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.