Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock
About
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy is a vocational training institution focused on cosmetology, barbering, and esthetics. It is located in Lubbock, Texas, and is one of several campuses, which also include locations in Amarillo, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The founding year is not mentioned on the page.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 44.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 109 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.9%) defaulted within three years — below 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 WGHA
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.
WGHA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions WGHA 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock | 62% | — | 96 | $25,243 | — |
Academy of Hair Technology | — | — | 58 | — | — |
Academy of Massage and Bodywork | — | — | 81 | — | — |
Altoona Beauty School Inc | — | — | 70 | $28,134 | — |
BJ's Beauty & Barber College | — | — | 40 | — | — |
Broken Arrow Beauty College | — | — | 71 | $12,052 | — |
Charles and Sues School of Hair Design | — | — | 69 | $21,791 | — |
Charleston School of Beauty Culture | — | — | 46 | $11,801 | — |
Clarksburg Beauty Academy and School of Massage Therapy | — | — | 47 | $10,663 | — |
Cosmetology Academy of Texarkana | — | — | 28 | $15,206 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Midlothian | — | — | 125 | $16,821 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Newport News | — | — | 92 | $14,963 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville | — | — | 74 | $17,399 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem | — | — | 80 | $15,478 | — |
Estes Institute of Cosmetology Arts and Science | — | — | 41 | $12,990 | — |
Hawaii Institute of Hair Design | — | — | 85 | $13,238 | — |
IBS School of Cosmetology and Massage | — | — | 47 | $7,688 | — |
Los Angeles College of Aesthetics | — | — | 117 | $22,239 | — |
Mei Barber School | — | — | 91 | $4,706 | — |
Modern Beauty Academy | — | — | 90 | $11,582 | — |
Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture | — | — | 52 | $9,152 | — |
Ohio State School of Cosmetology-Heath | — | — | 86 | $14,660 | — |
Premier Barber Institute | — | — | 50 | $19,904 | — |
San Bernardino Beauty College | — | — | 82 | $21,011 | — |
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | — | — | 118 | $27,248 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy of Holland | — | — | 82 | $13,858 | — |
The Hair Academy | — | — | 65 | $15,739 | — |
The Professional Hair Design Academy | — | — | 60 | $20,720 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy | — | — | 80 | $15,357 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Ft Myers | — | — | 112 | $20,140 | — |
Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe | — | — | 55 | $23,227 | — |
| Peer group median | 62% | — | 74 | $15,418 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock
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