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unitid 457952 · Allentown, PA · private for-profit less-than-2-year · suburb (large)

Metro Beauty Academy

enrollment 2023
311
predominant degree
Certificate

scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit less-than-2-years

The record

admission rate

not reported

undergraduates

197

76th pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

Pell share

16%

undergrads on Pell grants

5th pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

completion

96%

finish within 150% time

93rd pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

sticker cost / yr

not reported

avg net price / yr

$20,756

after aid, aided students

64th pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

median earnings, 10 yr

$33,859

after entry, Title IV students

88th pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

median grad debt

$8,028

45th pctl among private for-profit less-than-2-years

what families actually pay

Cost

Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.

Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort

Families earning under $30k paid $19,016 per year after aid.

Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit less-than-2-years (all incomes).

Who enrolls, by family income

  • 0-30k
    24%
  • 30-48k
    11%
  • 48-75k
    not reported
  • 75-110k
    not reported
  • 110k+
    not reported
Median family income
$30,012
First-generation students
48%
In-state tuition & fees
not reported

earnings · debt · programs

Outcomes

Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid

Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.2× the median graduate debt.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.

What programs pay — top fields of study

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.204$24,018$13,381
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.0$17,735

— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.

annual scorecard files, 1996–2026

Trajectory

Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.

Admission rate

no years reported

Price per year

  • sticker
  • net

Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

Undergraduates

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built 2026-07-17

Provenance

  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.