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For-profit College

Berea Beauty Academy

For-profit College in Berea, KY.

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Berea Beauty Academy · Campus
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Academics

Full-time retention
93%
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
8:1

This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention of 93% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 49 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$7,437
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
27%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
8%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 49 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $7,437 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. 27% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 8% of students.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
33%
Average grant
$4,416

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 12 students

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

Family income band Average net price
$0–30k $7,437
$30–48k —
$48–75k —
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 4 of these 49 students, totalling $12,368 — an average of $3,092 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Madison County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$666/mo
1 bedroom
$785/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$904/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate Berea Beauty Academy

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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