Private for-profit · Community college

Z Hair Academy

Overland Park, Kansas · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $18,893
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $27,346
Median earnings

Z Hair Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Overland Park, Kansas (midsize city setting), enrolling 235 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 235 undergradsMidsize cityOpen admissionCold winters

About Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. In 1905, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city's principal thoroughfare. He developed large portions of what would later become downtown Overland Park. The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is 300 acres (120 ha). The Oak Park Mall is one of the area's top shopping locations with nearly 200 stores. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 17 miles to Kansas City, MO
To Great Lakes shore: 424 miles
Nearest airport: 30 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Z Hair Academy compares

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 10% · #2 most selective of 2 in Kansas

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 68% · #11 of 45 in Kansas

First-year retention70%

Higher than 43%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,346

Higher than 25% · #37 of 42 in Kansas

Average net price$18,893

Cheaper than 36% · #40 cheapest of 46 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment235

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Z Hair 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 Kansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White94%
Black2.5%
Hispanic2.5%
Other or multiracial1.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 235
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 11%
Median family income: $28,744

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: $18,893

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 70%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,889
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,346
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 63%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $150

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

$16,821

$30–48k

$17,473

$48–75k

$19,008

$75–110k

$20,188

$110k+

$22,657

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?

Z Hair 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): $27,346
Typical debt at graduation: $9,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 36%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 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: 88°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 37.7″
Annual snow: 13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Olathe Johnson CO Exec AP, KS US station (4.1 mi from campus).

What Z Hair Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

130 grads$22k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$15k debt

130$21,750$20,933$15,333

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.