Private for-profit · Community college
Urban Academy of Beauty
Rio Rancho, New Mexico · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $33,273
- Median earnings
Urban Academy of Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Rio Rancho, New Mexico (large suburb setting), enrolling 0 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Rio Rancho is the largest and most populous city in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The great majority of the territory of Rio Rancho was originally part of the Town of Alameda Grant, which was founded by Spanish colonial settlers in 1710. Intel is by far the largest employer in Rio Rancho. The services, retail, and government sectors are also major components of the local economy. Rio Rancho is the site of Intel's Fab 11X, one of the largest semiconductor fabrication plants in the world. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to Albuquerque, NM
- To the ocean
- 464 miles
- Nearest airport
- 14 miles to Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) · major hub
How Urban Academy of Beauty compares
Higher than 44% · #18 of 24 in New Mexico
Lower than 40%
Larger than 1%
Percentiles compare Urban Academy of Beauty 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 Mexico.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women00%
- Men00%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Other or multiracial100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 0
- Student–faculty ratio
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- Pell Grant recipients
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- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
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- Median family income
- $19,724
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,360
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $33,273
- Median debt at graduation
- $10,556
- Students with federal loans
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- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 23%
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $33,273
- Typical debt at graduation
- $10,556
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 32%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 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
- 96°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 9.5″
- Annual snow
- 9.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rio Rancho #2, NM US station (2.5 mi from campus).
What Urban Academy of Beauty 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.