Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education
Student retention, or how often students return to continue their degree after completing their first year, is another helpful indicator. Over the last five years, at Phipps Academy of Barbering, about 38% of full-time students returned the following fall to continue their degree.
The size and demographic makeup of a school’s student body can have a large impact on a student’s experience. Phipps Academy of Barbering has 69 students, which puts it in the {SIZE_PERCENTILE} percentile of for-profit, 2-year schools.
About 91% of students are male.
And about 80% of students are black.