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Renaissance Beauty Academy

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Private for-profit Less than 2-year Small city

Overview

Located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Renaissance Beauty Academy is a private for-profit career and technical school. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 66 students in fall 2024.

Renaissance Beauty Academy offers certificates across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Cosmetology, Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist, and Barbering. It awarded 53 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Mission

At Renaissance Beauty Academy, our mission is to produce a professional that is confident in offering a wide variety of salon and spa professional services. Upon completion, students will have the knowledge to obtain a license from the Board of Cosmetology & Barber Examiners and obtain an entry level position in the beauty work force. Renaissance Beauty Academy will go beyond to deliver salon and spa relevant training, promoting mindful life skills on what it takes to be profitable in this industry. It is our mission to give our students a true salon experience.

Mission statement as reported by Renaissance Beauty Academy

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
66
Students enrolled
83%
First-year retention
53
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 5

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 5

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
83%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates under 1 year
27
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
26

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
66
Undergraduates, fall 2024
66
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
100
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
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
91%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
2%
Two or more races
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

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
Owner
Heather Thompson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates

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