Aesthetic Science Institute
About
The Aesthetic Science Institute (ASI) is a proprietary educational institution located in Latham, NY, that primarily focuses on aesthetics and beauty therapy. It is one of only 16 CIDESCO training schools in the United States and offers various certification courses and continuing education programs. ASI has graduated thousands of students and has high completion, licensure, and placement rates within the industry.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 3.0-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 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 · 3
- Sep 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Aug 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2018Renewal of AccreditationNational 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, 72 students received $294K in Pell grants, alongside $398K 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 65 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (3.0%) 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 Aesthetic Science Institute
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.
Aesthetic Science Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Aesthetic Science Institute 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAesthetic Science Institute | 94% | — | 164 | $10,505 | — |
Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock | — | — | 106 | $24,060 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette | — | — | 144 | — | — |
Avenue Academy, A Cosmetology Institute | — | — | 96 | $14,819 | — |
Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor | — | — | 115 | $16,567 | — |
Capri College-Cedar Rapids | — | — | 129 | $13,683 | — |
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | — | — | 174 | $19,272 | — |
College of Wilmington | — | — | 132 | $14,063 | — |
Deluxe Barber College | — | — | 94 | $19,529 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Milwaukee | — | — | 111 | $15,591 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Queens | — | — | 172 | $18,439 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Warwick | — | — | 107 | $19,633 | — |
Houston Training Schools-Gessner | — | — | 138 | $7,354 | — |
Joseph's College Cosmetology | — | — | 92 | $10,513 | — |
Leons Beauty School Inc | — | — | 102 | $2,921 | — |
Milan Institute of Cosmetology-San Antonio Military | — | — | 225 | $19,569 | — |
New England Hair Academy | — | — | 87 | $19,653 | — |
Nova Academy of Cosmetology Woodbury | — | — | 122 | $19,898 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Logan | — | — | 133 | $14,641 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Tampa | — | — | 106 | $22,279 | — |
Salon Professional Academy | — | — | 237 | $22,259 | — |
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | — | — | 233 | $19,494 | — |
Texas College of Cosmetology-Abilene | — | — | 40 | $16,302 | — |
Texas College of Cosmetology-San Angelo | — | — | 72 | $15,721 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy | — | — | 106 | $12,628 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville | — | — | 132 | — | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Elgin | — | — | 138 | $17,863 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights | — | — | 132 | $16,274 | — |
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-Harlingen | — | — | 87 | $18,426 | — |
| Peer group median | 94% | — | 122 | $16,567 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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