Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology
About
The Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology is an independent, privately-owned cosmetology school located in Albany, New York. It focuses on educating students for various careers in the cosmetology industry, including hairdressers and makeup artists, and also emphasizes business skills for those wishing to start their own salons. The institution has trained thousands of aspiring professionals who have earned New York State cosmetology licenses.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 1
- Sep 2021Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 34 students received $137K in Pell grants, alongside $223K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 36 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (8.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at OSHDC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
OSHDC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions OSHDC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectOrlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology | 77% | — | 56 | $16,864 | — |
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy | — | — | 46 | $18,460 | — |
Academy of Salon Professionals | — | — | 50 | $15,071 | — |
Cloyd's Beauty School 1 Inc | — | — | 48 | $5,902 | — |
Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy | — | — | 32 | $25,617 | — |
Diamond Beauty College | — | — | 67 | $9,494 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Reading | — | — | 90 | $18,390 | — |
Florida Academy of Health & Beauty | — | — | 54 | $9,457 | — |
Hair Arts Institute | — | — | 38 | $23,666 | — |
International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences | — | — | 62 | $21,390 | — |
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City | — | — | 67 | $9,798 | — |
Kaizen Beauty Academy | — | — | 95 | — | — |
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | — | — | 66 | $16,686 | — |
Makana Esthetics Wellness Academy | — | — | 50 | $14,133 | — |
Midwest Barber College | — | — | — | $18,236 | — |
Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy | — | — | 73 | $9,962 | — |
Montgomery Beauty School | — | — | 101 | $20,589 | — |
North Florida Cosmetology Institute | — | — | 91 | $16,320 | — |
Omega Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 55 | $10,667 | — |
Paramount Beauty Academy | — | — | 51 | $17,877 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-NYC | — | — | 96 | $19,024 | — |
Premiere Aesthetics Institute | — | — | 45 | $12,404 | — |
Searcy Beauty College | — | — | 54 | $15,106 | — |
The Academy of Hair Design Six | — | — | 37 | $19,488 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Huntsville | — | — | 53 | $19,115 | — |
The University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology | — | — | 39 | $16,241 | — |
Top Nails & Hair Beauty School | — | — | 92 | — | — |
Trend Barber College | — | — | 30 | $15,398 | — |
Trend Setters School | — | — | 65 | $9,460 | — |
Vaughn Beauty College | — | — | 63 | $8,752 | — |
| Peer group median | 77% | — | 55 | $16,281 |
OSHDC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The goal of The Orlo School of Hair Design is to provide a quality education in the practical and business skills, customer service, retail skills, and communications necessary for licensure and to become a top salon or spa professional. We are dedicated to student success by enriching lives and cultivating professionalism through innovative, personalized education in a creative and inspiring environment.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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