Private for-profit · Community college
Total Image Beauty Academy
Union City, New Jersey · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $12,830
- Avg net price
- 99%
- Grad / completion
- $18,720
- Median earnings
Total Image Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Union City, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 204 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Union City, New Jersey
Union City is a city in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The portion of that land that included the future Hudson County was purchased from members of the Hackensack tribe of the Lenni-Lenape and became part of Pavonia, New Netherland. Washington Park, which covers 22 acres (8.9 ha) straddling the border of the city and The Heights neighborhood in Jersey City, is part of the Hudson County Park System. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Teterboro (TEB)
How Total Image Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 96% · #6 of 89 in New Jersey
Higher than 70%
Higher than 4% · #67 of 68 in New Jersey
Cheaper than 58% · #32 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey
Lower than 70%
Lower than 12%
Larger than 46%
Percentiles compare Total Image Beauty 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 New Jersey.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women17586%
- Men2914%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White2.0%
- Black2.5%
- Hispanic94%
- Asian1.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 204
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 53%
- Median family income
- $9,848
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
- $12,830
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
- 99%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $11,180
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $18,720
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,500
- Students with federal loans
- 42%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 43%
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.
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?
Total Image Beauty Academy 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)
- $18,720
- Typical debt at graduation
- $8,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 45%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 49.5″
- Annual snow
- 29.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New York Cntrl PK Twr, NY US station (3 mi from campus).
What Total Image Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn
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.