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Youth Academy of Cosmetology
For-profit College in Pittsburgh, PA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
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. Retention is weak: only 0% of full-time first-years return, so roughly nine in ten leave after one year. Part-time retention runs ahead at 53% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 117 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,855 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,035 at $0–30k, $29,180 at $75–110k. Grant aid is limited — 8% of students receive any. 7% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 15 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 | $26,035 |
| $30–48k | $22,830 |
| $48–75k | $24,650 |
| $75–110k | $29,180 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 8 of these 117 students, totalling $48,351 — an average of $6,044 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026