Bellus Academy-Poway
About
Bellus Academy is a cosmetology school located in Poway, California. It offers a range of programs including cosmetology, esthetics, massage therapy, and nail technology. The institution emphasizes preparation for careers in the beauty and wellness industry, and it is nationally accredited by NACCAS.
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 · 12
- Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jul 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Feb 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jan 2023Grant 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, 430 students received $2.1M in Pell grants, alongside $2.3M 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 338 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.5%) 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 Bellus Academy-Poway
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.
Bellus Academy-Poway vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Bellus Academy-Poway 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBellus Academy-Poway | 73% | — | 324 | $30,336 | — |
Advance Beauty College | — | — | 346 | $11,689 | — |
American Institute of Beauty | — | — | 151 | $10,713 | — |
Avalon Institute-Las Vegas | — | — | 304 | $14,623 | — |
Avalon Institute-Mesa | — | — | 298 | $16,847 | — |
Avalon Institute-Phoenix | — | — | 219 | $16,689 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis | — | — | 623 | $20,690 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington | — | — | 2,078 | $23,626 | — |
Aveda Fredric's Institute-Cincinnati | — | — | 453 | $19,015 | — |
Aveda Institute-South Florida | — | 100.0% | 923 | $25,216 | — |
Aveda Institute-Tallahassee | — | 100.0% | 620 | $22,727 | — |
Bellus Academy-Chula Vista | — | — | 341 | $20,159 | — |
Celebrity School of Beauty | — | — | 855 | $4,857 | — |
Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup | — | — | 641 | $14,636 | — |
Cosmetology & Spa Academy | — | — | 445 | $14,887 | — |
Douglas J Aveda Institute | — | — | 777 | $25,937 | — |
Elaine Sterling Institute | — | 71.4% | 641 | $23,335 | — |
Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin | — | — | 414 | $28,513 | — |
Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett | — | — | 1,172 | $16,340 | — |
Georgia Career Institute | — | — | 515 | $16,052 | — |
Health And Style Institute | — | — | — | $37,514 | — |
Milan Institute-Clovis | — | — | 560 | $21,941 | — |
Milan Institute-Visalia | — | — | 635 | $28,638 | — |
Moler Barber College | — | — | 411 | $22,135 | — |
Olympian Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 338 | $20,874 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Esani | — | — | 359 | $18,769 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Temecula | — | — | 320 | $33,646 | — |
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Alliance | — | — | 339 | $17,148 | — |
Studio Academy of Beauty | — | — | 570 | $19,585 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Bridgeview | — | — | 470 | $18,154 | — |
| Peer group median | 73% | 100.0% | 453 | $19,872 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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