Cortiva Institute
About
Cortiva Institute is a network of schools located across various cities including Arlington, TX, Baltimore, MD, and St. Petersburg, FL, focusing on programs in cosmetology, esthetics, massage therapy, and more. The institution includes hands-on training experiences and partnerships with industry leaders, providing students with opportunities to gain certifications and practical skills in their chosen fields.
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.
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
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 2
- Jul 2024Institution ClosedAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
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, 125 students received $527K in Pell grants, alongside $514K 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 456 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (4.3%) 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 Cortiva 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.
Cortiva Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Cortiva 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCortiva Institute | 79% | — | 166 | $29,535 | — |
Acaydia School of Aesthetics | — | — | 113 | $19,568 | — |
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design | — | — | 91 | $20,784 | — |
Asher Institute of Hampton | — | — | 144 | $19,593 | — |
Associated Barber College of San Diego | — | — | 121 | $20,688 | — |
Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville | — | — | 121 | $18,142 | — |
Chris Beauty College | — | — | 73 | $17,940 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington | — | — | 128 | $17,164 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn | — | — | 98 | $18,430 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Savannah | — | — | 127 | $17,452 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley | — | — | 176 | $17,467 | — |
Gould's Academy | — | — | 148 | $11,205 | — |
Hollywood Institute | — | — | 215 | $18,627 | — |
International College of Cosmetology | — | — | 113 | $1,973 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia | — | — | 127 | $16,640 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta | — | — | 118 | $17,947 | — |
Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge | — | — | 232 | $23,106 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Denton | — | — | 228 | $18,818 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham | — | — | 129 | $13,735 | — |
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman | — | — | 129 | $14,006 | — |
Rivertown School of Beauty Barber Skin Care and Nails | — | — | 150 | $10,963 | — |
Shear Excellence Hair Academy | — | — | 118 | $42,367 | — |
Sierra College of Beauty | — | — | 220 | $11,519 | — |
Stacey James Institute | — | — | 90 | $16,707 | — |
Stewart School | — | — | 133 | $16,329 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville | — | 52.0% | 83 | $15,818 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington | — | 81.3% | 154 | $13,809 | — |
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy | — | — | 175 | $21,156 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Peoria | — | — | 125 | $20,508 | — |
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy | — | — | 129 | $25,694 | — |
| Peer group median | 79% | 66.6% | 129 | $17,944 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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