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Metro Beauty Academy

Allentown, Pennsylvania Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Metro Beauty Academy is a private for-profit career and technical school. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 197 students in fall 2024.

Metro Beauty Academy 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 237 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 95% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Mission

Metro Beauty Academy aims to enhance the future of beauty and wellness through education by cultivating kind, professional, and skilled individuals who will contribute to and grow these industries while being positive influences in their communities.

Mission statement as reported by Metro Beauty Academy

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
197
Students enrolled
95%
First-year retention
237
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
95%
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
152
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
85

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
197
Undergraduates, fall 2024
197
Full-time, fall 2024
73%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
372
Full-time, 2024-25
74%
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
99%
Men
1%
White
67%
Hispanic or Latino
19%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

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
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Assistant Director/Compliance
Jeffrey Corpora
Services and opportunities
Job placement for graduates

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