Urban Academy of Beauty
Urban Academy of Beauty in Rio Rancho, NM, offers certificate programs primarily in cosmetology and related personal grooming services, including barbering and hairstyling. The school provides on-campus, in-person training with a student-to-faculty ratio of 14:1, suggesting a focused learning environment. While specific job placement rates are not available, the programs are designed to prepare students for careers in in-demand beauty fields.
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All Programs at Urban Academy of Beauty
1 trade program at Urban Academy of Beauty, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Cosmetology
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42 | $16,872/yr | $10,556 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Urban Academy of Beauty using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.