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Academy of Professional Cosmetology

Rogers, Arkansas Private for-profit Less than 2-year Small city

Overview

Academy of Professional Cosmetology is a private for-profit career and technical school in Rogers, Arkansas. The campus sits in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 115 students.

Academy of Professional Cosmetology offers certificates across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist, Cosmetology, and Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist. It awarded 104 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Mission

The Academy of Professional Cosmetology strives to provide our students with the best environment and opportunity to develop skills in the field of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences and other related fields. We must lead by example as our communities become more diversified, we must be all inclusive to our student body, faculty and staff. We aim to be distinctive among our peers in our commitment to our students during their time in our school and continuing throughout their careers.

Mission statement as reported by Academy of Professional Cosmetology

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
115
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
104
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
4
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 4

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 4

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
100%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
79
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
25

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
115
Undergraduates, fall 2024
115
Full-time, fall 2024
64%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
199
Full-time, 2024-25
68%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
97%
Men
3%
White
47%
Hispanic or Latino
38%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Continuous
Administrator
Jill Ward
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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