Urban Academy of Beauty
Rio Rancho, NM · 1 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 1 · Federal debt reported for 1
Payoff needs a reliable price
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
What do you want to understand?
No payoff curve is shown.
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Prices in New Mexico run 8% below the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Urban Academy of Beauty
What does Urban Academy of Beauty cost?
The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for Urban Academy of Beauty.
What do Urban Academy of Beauty graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $20,696 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Urban Academy of Beauty graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $10,556. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at Urban Academy of Beauty worth the same?
No. The current release contains 1 field-and-degree records for Urban Academy of Beauty; 1 report year-4 earnings and 1 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Completion rate not reported
Pell receipt not reportedMedian Parent PLUS debt
18 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
26% making progress in repayment after three yearsSource: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
What graduates earned in later years
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,385Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
Comparable colleges in NM
Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque
- Annual net price
- $15,634
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $20,696
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -200%
Aveda Institute-New Mexico
- Annual net price
- $15,607
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $20,573
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -201%
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe
- Annual net price
- $17,279
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $28,664
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -166%
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque
- Annual net price
- $21,084
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,214
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -141%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing all 1 field-and-degree records in the current release.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $31,385 | $13,000 | 0 |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.