About
Bene's Career Academy is a private cosmetology and beauty school located in Florida, with campuses in New Port Richey and Brooksville. Founded in 1976, the institution specializes in vocational training in various fields including cosmetology, barbering, skin care, and massage therapy, offering a range of programs designed to prepare students for careers in the beauty and wellness industry.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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.
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 6
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
- Feb 2023Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jun 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Nov 2020Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jan 2020Renewal 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, 310 students received $1.2M in Pell grants, alongside $1.2M 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 268 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (3.3%) 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 Bene's Career Academy
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.
Bene's Career Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Bene's Career Academy 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBene's Career Academy | 63% | — | 321 | $22,360 | — |
Ann Webb Skin Institute | — | — | 121 | $20,809 | — |
Capri College-Dubuque | — | — | 165 | $14,104 | — |
Elevate Salon Institute | — | — | 197 | $14,092 | — |
Empire Beauty School-E Memphis | — | — | 156 | $15,895 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Springfield | — | — | 188 | $17,417 | — |
GA Beauty & Barber School | — | — | 171 | $25,426 | — |
Genesis Career College-Lebanon | — | — | 96 | $15,513 | — |
Glitz School of Cosmetology | — | — | 124 | $8,298 | — |
International School of Beauty Inc | — | — | 132 | $13,450 | — |
Jenks Beauty College | — | — | 95 | $11,344 | — |
John Amico School of Hair Design | — | — | 162 | $16,726 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill | — | — | 181 | $13,887 | — |
Milan Institute-Amarillo | — | — | 271 | $27,347 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst | — | — | 273 | $20,041 | — |
Palomar Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 193 | $18,176 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Boise | — | — | 183 | $21,176 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville | — | — | 196 | $18,487 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Spokane | — | — | 296 | $19,718 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo | — | — | 165 | $23,066 | — |
Phagans School of Hair Design | — | — | 212 | $9,780 | — |
Pivot Point Academy | — | — | 103 | $12,141 | — |
Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook | — | — | 263 | $18,283 | — |
Taylor Andrews Academy-St George | — | — | 127 | $12,005 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose | — | — | 196 | $18,460 | — |
The Temple Annapolis-A Paul Mitchell Partner School | — | — | 202 | $30,283 | — |
Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas | — | — | 220 | $22,027 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Rockford | — | — | 170 | $18,036 | — |
Twin City Beauty College | — | — | 274 | $21,829 | — |
Winston Salem Barber School | — | — | 29 | $9,182 | — |
ZMS The Academy | — | — | 144 | $6,854 | — |
| Peer group median | 63% | — | 181 | $18,036 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (6)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityBeauty Schools Marketing Group Cosmetology Scholarshipsinstitution_site$2,500
- opportunityPBA/NCA – Sally Scholarshipsinstitution_site$1,000
- awardThe Joe Francis Haircare Scholarship FoundationThe Joe Francis Haircare Scholarship Foundationinstitution_site$1,000
- opportunityOPI & AACS Scholarshipsinstitution_site$500
- opportunityAlice Madden Barton Cosmetology School Scholarship ProgramGreat Clips, Inc.institution_site
- opportunityBeauty Changes Lives Scholarship (Vidal Sassoon)institution_site
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