The Professional Cosmetology Academy
About
The Professional Cosmetology Academy (TPCA) is a barber and beauty school located in Laredo, Texas. It was founded in 2008 and focuses on providing training in cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and barbering. TPCA is nationally accredited and offers a simulated salon environment for hands-on education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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 · 7
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Apr 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Feb 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational 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, 145 students received $581K in Pell grants.
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.
Academic programs at Tpcalaredo
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.
Tpcalaredo vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Tpcalaredo 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Professional Cosmetology Academy | 77% | — | 146 | $11,731 | — |
Academy of Professional Cosmetology | — | — | 115 | $19,083 | — |
Aspen Beauty Academy of Laurel | — | — | 118 | $10,624 | — |
Barber School of Pittsburgh | — | — | 86 | $18,910 | — |
Brittany Beauty Academy | — | — | 89 | $22,033 | — |
Cinta Aveda Institute | — | — | 117 | $10,821 | — |
College of Hair Design-Downtown | — | — | 53 | $14,554 | — |
Compass Career College | — | — | 194 | $12,405 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown | — | — | 171 | $16,588 | — |
Huntington School of Beauty Culture | — | — | 111 | $10,583 | — |
International Beauty School 4 | — | — | 86 | $14,581 | — |
J D Academy of Salon and Spa | — | — | 91 | $32,703 | — |
J Michael Harrold Beauty Academy | — | — | 88 | $21,420 | — |
Michigan College of Beauty-Monroe | — | — | 70 | $12,605 | — |
New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa | — | — | 120 | $16,317 | — |
Old Town Barber College | — | — | 97 | $14,647 | — |
Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc | — | — | 143 | $12,671 | — |
P B Cosmetology Education Center | — | — | 120 | $22,005 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware | — | — | 148 | $16,036 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Lombard | — | — | 52 | $17,337 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-North Haven | — | — | 178 | $13,534 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady | — | — | 87 | $25,008 | — |
Professional Institute of Beauty | — | — | 93 | $13,152 | — |
Rogers Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 72 | $15,466 | — |
Shear Ego International School of Hair Design | — | — | 204 | $32,566 | — |
Sierra Academy of Style | — | — | 160 | $12,678 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Portland | — | — | 66 | $12,163 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Onalaska | — | — | 67 | $16,460 | — |
TIGI Hairdressing Academy Newtown | — | — | 53 | $14,904 | — |
Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology | — | — | 44 | $18,085 | — |
| Peer group median | 77% | — | 95 | $15,185 |
Tpcalaredo Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
TPCA prepares aspiring beauty and grooming professionals in a simulated, real-time salon, spa, and barbershop environment through contemporary, student-centered instruction and development needed to pass the state board exam, gain entry-level employment within their chosen field of study, and meet the demands of their industry.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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