About
The Career Academy of Beauty is a cosmetology school located in Garden Grove, Orange County, California. It has been operating for over 50 years and offers programs in cosmetology, esthetics, barbering, and teacher training.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
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.
Academic programs at Career Academy of Beauty
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Career Academy of Beauty vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Career Academy of Beauty 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCareer Academy of Beauty | 92% | — | 219 | $19,101 | — |
Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology | — | — | 402 | $13,622 | — |
American Barber and Beauty Academy | — | — | 104 | — | — |
Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland | — | — | 185 | $16,056 | — |
Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics | — | 97.5% | 299 | $13,529 | — |
Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill | — | — | 198 | $21,152 | — |
Beauty Academy of South Florida | — | — | 544 | $13,555 | — |
Bellus Academy-El Cajon | — | — | 157 | $29,547 | — |
Bennett Career Institute | — | — | 176 | $11,108 | — |
Boca Beauty Academy | — | — | 228 | $21,509 | — |
Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology | — | — | 353 | $20,157 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Tucson | — | — | 203 | $16,609 | — |
Hair Academy II | — | — | 218 | $22,667 | — |
Innovate Salon Academy | — | — | 288 | $38,617 | — |
International Academy | — | — | 186 | $19,071 | — |
L'esprit Academy | — | — | 266 | $27,617 | — |
Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno | — | — | 235 | $20,960 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge | — | — | 249 | $15,535 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock | — | — | 360 | $14,508 | — |
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Clarksville | — | — | 125 | $20,299 | — |
Renaissance Academie | — | — | 188 | $24,345 | — |
San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology Inc | — | — | 167 | $16,845 | — |
Shore Beauty School | — | — | 188 | $21,578 | — |
Summit Salon Academy | — | — | 130 | $16,124 | — |
Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-West Jordan | — | — | 144 | $16,791 | — |
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness | — | — | 186 | $15,616 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo | — | — | 95 | $14,714 | — |
Tigi Hairdressing Academy-Colorado Springs | — | — | 72 | $25,699 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture | — | — | 173 | $15,024 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Libertyville | — | — | 162 | $18,273 | — |
Urban Barber College | — | — | 224 | $24,828 | — |
| Peer group median | 92% | 97.5% | 188 | $18,672 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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