Academy of Cosmetology
About
The Academy of Cosmetology is a beauty and wellness training institution located in Merritt Island, Florida. With over 40 years of experience, it offers accredited programs in cosmetology, barbering, skin care, manicuring, and massage therapy.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 71.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 3 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data3 · 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.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 6
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Dec 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Apr 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jan 2019Grant 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, 58 students received $211K in Pell grants, alongside $117K 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 59 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (6.7%) 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 Academy of Cosmetology
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 Cosmetology vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Academy of Cosmetology 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 Cosmetology | 39% | 100.0% | 50 | $19,226 | — |
Baldwin Beauty School-North Austin | — | — | 78 | $17,710 | — |
Brittany Beauty Academy | — | — | 89 | $22,033 | — |
Centralia Beauty College | — | — | 90 | $8,004 | — |
Coachella Valley Beauty College | — | — | 66 | $16,812 | — |
College of Hair Design Careers | — | — | 58 | $11,330 | — |
Cosmetology Training Center | — | — | 125 | $11,376 | — |
Dayton Barber College | — | — | 74 | $14,478 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield | — | — | 164 | $17,491 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Nashville | — | — | 111 | $13,888 | — |
Fort Worth Beauty School | — | — | — | $18,377 | — |
Houston Training School-Main Campus | — | — | 198 | $6,142 | — |
John Jay Beauty College | — | — | 81 | $6,624 | — |
La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology | — | — | 56 | $9,098 | — |
La James International College-Davenport | — | — | 127 | $20,940 | — |
Larry's Barber College | — | — | 68 | $11,692 | — |
Missouri College of Cosmetology and Esthetics | — | — | 97 | $18,879 | — |
MIXED Institute of Cosmetology & Barber | — | — | 138 | $21,829 | — |
Northwest College-Medford | — | — | 95 | $21,107 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Grand Rapids | — | — | 86 | $14,465 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Merrillville | — | — | 107 | $16,793 | — |
Pro Way Hair School | — | — | 67 | $12,799 | — |
Shawnee Beauty College | — | — | 60 | $8,240 | — |
The Esthetic Institute | — | — | 66 | $20,717 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Washington DC | — | — | 117 | $22,151 | — |
Top of the Line Barber School | — | — | 86 | $24,189 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Janesville | — | — | 102 | $13,832 | — |
Victoria Beauty & Barber College | — | — | 73 | $16,042 | — |
Vogue College of Cosmetology | — | — | 92 | $21,375 | — |
Vogue College of Cosmetology-San Antonio Fredericksburg | — | — | 90 | $28,687 | — |
| Peer group median | 39% | 100.0% | 89 | $16,803 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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