American Beauty Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for American Beauty Academy

American Beauty Academy operates as a private for-profit institution located in Payson, Utah (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 20 students of which 32 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. American Beauty Academy is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,255 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $10,060, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 72.5% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $20,236 ten years after enrolling, compared with $17,560 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 6300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.