Undergraduate certificate · Reading, Pennsylvania
Is Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services at American Barber and Beauty Academy worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $25,722
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $23,085
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $8,028
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 90%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services at other schools
The school doesn't report a net price for this income band.
No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork$35,310
- Champ's Barber School$35,126
- Champ's Barber School-Lebanon$35,126
- South Hills Beauty Academy$34,978
- Jean Madeline Aveda Institute$32,493
- Barber School of Pittsburgh$32,310
- Penn Commercial Business/Technical School$32,158
- Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center$31,811
- Douglas Education Center$31,412
- The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona$30,814