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Award Beauty School

Hagerstown, Maryland Private for-profit Less than 2-year Small city

Overview

Located in Hagerstown, Maryland, Award Beauty School is a private for-profit career and technical school. The campus sits in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 94 students.

Award Beauty School offers certificates across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Cosmetology and Barbering. It awarded 40 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 55% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 25 to 1.

Mission

The school's principal objective is the training of students to become licensed Cosmetologists, Barbers and Nail Technicians

Mission statement as reported by Award Beauty School

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
94
Students enrolled
55%
First-year retention
40
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
3
Programs and majors
25:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 3

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 3

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
55%
First-year retention, part-time students
57%
Student-to-faculty ratio
25:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
40

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
94
Undergraduates, fall 2024
94
Full-time, fall 2024
47%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
205
Full-time, 2024-25
43%
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
67%
Men
33%
White
37%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
53%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Continuous
School Director
John Bilney
Services and opportunities
Job placement for graduates

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