10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy is a private for-profit institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 89.9%
- 150%-time completion
- $20,249
- Avg net price / yr
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this A Better U Beauty Barber Academy profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B-
College Value Score
67/100
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$20,249
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
89.9%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$20,249
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
89.9%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 89.9%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - A Better U Beauty Barber Academy vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Quick Facts
46
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
89.9%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How A Better U Beauty Barber Academy ranks in New Mexico
State rank among 35 reporting New Mexico colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | A Better U Beauty Barber Academy | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $20,249 | #36 of 40 | 10th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 89.9% | #2 of 39 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 46 | #39 of 41 | 5th |
Highest former-student earnings in New Mexico
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $76,489 | $9,873 |
| 2 | New Mexico Military Institute | $57,410 | $4,571 |
| 3 | New Mexico Highlands University | $45,937 | $14,838 |
| 4 | University of the Southwest | $45,389 | $16,927 |
| 5 | St. John's College | $44,985 | $26,674 |
| 6 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | $44,792 | $15,489 |
| 7 | University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus | $44,792 | $4,868 |
| 8 | University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus | $44,792 | $5,714 |
| 9 | University of New Mexico-Taos Campus | $44,792 | $9,165 |
| 10 | University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus | $44,792 | $13,470 |
| 11 | Western New Mexico University | $39,095 | $8,522 |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | $39,067 | $8,889 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$17,618 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$23,004 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$23,278 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at A Better U Beauty Barber Academy - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $20,249 |
53.9%
Pell Grant Rate
56.2%
Federal Loan Rate
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 89.9% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does A Better U Beauty Barber Academy cost? ▼
The average net price at A Better U Beauty Barber Academy is $20,249..
What is the graduation rate at A Better U Beauty Barber Academy? ▼
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy has a 89.9% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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