Private for-profit · Community college

The Spa School

Columbus, Ohio · Large city

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Transfer rate: $20,553
Avg net price: 70%
Grad / completion: $26,989
Median earnings

The Spa School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Columbus, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 111 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 111 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Between 1000 B.C. and 1700 A.D., the Columbus metropolitan area was a center to indigenous cultures known as the Mound Builders, including the Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient peoples. Remaining physical evidence of the cultures are their burial mounds and what they contained. Columbus has over 170 notable buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it also maintains its own register, the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, with 82 entries. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 95 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to John Glenn Columbus (CMH) · major hub

How The Spa School compares

Graduation rate70%

Higher than 61% · #68 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention88%

Higher than 79%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,989

Higher than 24% · #132 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$20,553

Cheaper than 30% · #103 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$7,916

Lower than 76%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment111

Larger than 31%

Percentiles compare The Spa 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White56%
Black28%
Hispanic2.7%
Asian1.8%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 111
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 49%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 42%
Median family income: $26,664

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: $20,553

Outcomes

Graduated: 70%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $25,324
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $26,989
Median debt at graduation: $7,916
Students with federal loans: 62%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 51%

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

$20,441

$30–48k

$19,932

$48–75k

$13,405

$75–110k

$23,399

$110k+

$24,856

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.

34%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,012

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 34% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,012. 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 91 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): $26,989
Typical debt at graduation: $7,916
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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: 21°F
Annual rain: 44.7″
Annual snow: 19″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Columbus Wcmh, OH US station (2.8 mi from campus).

What The Spa School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

119 grads$20k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt

119$20,256$29,111$8,499

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.