Berkowits School of Electrolysis
About
Berkowits School of Electrolysis is a training institution located in Forest Hills, NY, founded in 1978. The school specializes in courses for Electrolysis, Esthetics, and Laser Hair Removal and is notable for being the first in New York to have an approved Laser Hair Removal program.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 24.0-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 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 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.
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
- Jul 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jul 2020Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2020Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational 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, 31 students received $119K in Pell grants, alongside $110K 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 3 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 BSE
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.
BSE vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions BSE 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBerkowits School of Electrolysis | 84% | — | 102 | — | — |
Academy for Salon Professionals | — | — | 134 | $12,408 | — |
American Beauty School | — | — | 113 | $10,067 | — |
Arrojo Cosmetology School | — | — | 104 | $22,811 | — |
Artistic Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 88 | $23,786 | — |
Aveda Institute-Boise | — | — | 97 | $17,804 | — |
Aveda Institute-Twin Falls | — | — | 88 | $24,647 | — |
Boise Barber College | — | — | 104 | $15,109 | — |
Central Texas Beauty College-Temple | — | — | 32 | $10,139 | — |
Coachella Valley Beauty College-Hemet | — | — | 94 | $15,776 | — |
Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-South Dayton | — | — | 69 | $11,797 | — |
Designer Barber & Stylist School | — | 100.0% | 95 | $16,010 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Kennesaw | — | — | 161 | $17,036 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth | — | — | 184 | $10,198 | — |
Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro | — | — | 99 | $16,625 | — |
Hot Springs Beauty College | — | — | 86 | $10,792 | — |
International Beauty Education Center | — | — | 146 | $17,500 | — |
Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead | — | — | 101 | $29,171 | — |
Nathan Layne Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 70 | $22,214 | — |
National Beauty College | — | — | 172 | — | — |
O'Briens Aveda Institute | — | — | 80 | $25,367 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Huntsville | — | — | 64 | $23,830 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee | — | — | 140 | $17,564 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island | — | — | 181 | $32,626 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-San Jose | — | — | 91 | $25,546 | — |
Ravenscroft Beauty College | — | — | 104 | — | — |
Shasta School of Cosmetology | — | — | 112 | $26,582 | — |
Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | — | — | 182 | $18,910 | — |
The Barber School | — | — | 169 | $21,150 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Melbourne | — | — | 163 | $19,821 | — |
Xtylo Beauty College | — | 100.0% | 57 | $30,274 | — |
| Peer group median | 84% | 100.0% | 102 | $18,357 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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