Academy of Career Training
About
The Academy of Career Training is a beauty and barber school located in Deltona, Florida, established in 1995. It offers programs in cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, skin care, nail technology, and more, focusing on delivering a comprehensive education to prepare graduates for success in the beauty industry.
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 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 4
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Feb 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jan 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 54 students received $230K in Pell grants, alongside $97K 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 55 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) 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 Academy of Career Training
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.
Academy of Career Training vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Academy of Career Training 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAcademy of Career Training | 82% | — | 100 | — | — |
Adrian's Beauty College of Turlock | — | — | — | $24,393 | — |
Aveda Institute-New Mexico | — | — | 161 | $16,998 | — |
Citrus Heights Beauty College | — | — | 114 | $30,408 | — |
Coastline Beauty College | — | — | 203 | $14,231 | — |
CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering | — | — | 91 | $18,165 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Cheltenham | — | — | 152 | $18,891 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Concord | — | — | 110 | $15,759 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Florence | — | — | 124 | $15,669 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills | — | — | 121 | $16,462 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Stone Park | — | — | 136 | $16,869 | — |
Hoss Lee Academy | — | — | 112 | $24,417 | — |
House of Heavilin Beauty College-Blue Springs | — | — | 109 | $21,832 | — |
Innovate Salon Academy | — | — | 288 | $38,617 | — |
Keune Academy by 124 | — | — | 117 | $15,992 | — |
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College | — | 100.0% | 86 | $24,603 | — |
Montana Academy of Salons | — | — | 126 | $13,158 | — |
P&A Scholars Beauty School | — | — | 90 | $9,759 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Farmington Hills | — | — | 99 | $23,226 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Jacksonville | — | — | 118 | $21,529 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Nampa | — | — | 117 | $19,777 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Roanoke | — | — | 169 | $17,280 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-St. George | — | — | 109 | $16,082 | — |
Queen City College | — | — | — | — | — |
Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | — | — | 109 | $22,542 | — |
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield | — | — | 190 | $18,940 | — |
Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare | — | — | 117 | $26,352 | — |
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Shoreline | — | — | 131 | $18,668 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture LLC-Bloomington | — | — | 109 | $16,075 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Lafayette | — | — | 126 | $20,276 | — |
Winonah's International School of Cosmetology | — | — | 120 | $12,675 | — |
| Peer group median | 82% | 100.0% | 117 | $18,668 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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