Private for-profit · Community college
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy
Amarillo, Texas · Midsize city
- 1%
- Transfer rate
- $26,906
- Avg net price
- 53%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Amarillo, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 129 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County, though most of the southern half of the city extends into Randall County. During April 1887, John T. Berry, from Abilene, Texas, established a site for a town, choosing a well-watered section along the right-of-way of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway that was building across the Texas Panhandle. The Palo Duro Canyon State Park is the United States' second largest canyon system, after the Grand Canyon and is located south of Amarillo. The canyon is a prominent mountain biking destination and hosts the annual 50-mile Palo Duro Canyon Trail Run. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to Amarillo, TX
- To the ocean
- 541 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Rick Husband Amarillo (AMA)
How Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy compares
Higher than 39% · #170 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 59%
Cheaper than 14% · #210 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 48%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 34%
Percentiles compare Wade Gordon Hairdressing 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 gender
- Women11891%
- Men119%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White26%
- Black10%
- Hispanic53%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial8.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 129
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 65%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 48%
- Median family income
- $20,196
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
- $26,906
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
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,002
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Students with federal loans
- 65%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 31%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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?
Wade Gordon Hairdressing 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 19.7″
- Annual snow
- 17.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Amarillo 7Ene, TX US station (9.8 mi from campus).
What Wade Gordon Hairdressing 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.