About
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers is a vocational training institution located in West Palm Beach, Florida, founded in 1974. It offers programs in cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, and other beauty and wellness-related fields. The campus is nationally accredited and focuses on providing career-oriented education and practical skills necessary for licensure and employment.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 680 borrowers who entered repayment, 33 (4.8%) 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 HI
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.
HI vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions HI 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectHollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach | 83% | — | 239 | $19,109 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Springfield | — | — | 275 | $17,080 | — |
American Beauty College | — | — | 334 | $24,076 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington | — | — | 166 | $23,448 | — |
Aveda Institute-Des Moines | — | — | 244 | $15,155 | — |
Aveda Institute-Phoenix | — | — | 218 | $22,297 | — |
Aveda Institute-Tucson | — | 100.0% | 240 | $21,037 | — |
Blue Cliff College-Lafayette | — | — | 62 | $19,164 | — |
Capilo School of Hair Design | — | — | 156 | $18,762 | — |
Capitol Beauty School | — | — | 161 | $14,441 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia | — | — | 279 | $18,228 | — |
Florida Academy | — | — | 350 | $13,236 | — |
Milan Institute-Palm Desert | — | — | 356 | $27,930 | — |
Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram | — | — | 379 | $27,662 | — |
My Le's Beauty College | — | — | 150 | — | — |
North Adrian's College of Beauty Inc | — | — | 207 | $20,347 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-North Dallas | — | — | 312 | $21,125 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Chicago | — | — | 160 | $16,064 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Dallas | — | — | 328 | $28,455 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Denver | — | — | 213 | $11,886 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville | — | — | 233 | $26,643 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis | — | — | 216 | $20,861 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro | — | — | 201 | $20,915 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-New Orleans | — | — | 185 | $20,495 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis | — | — | 214 | $19,615 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Wichita | — | — | 163 | $18,938 | — |
Rudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School | — | — | 155 | $19,150 | — |
Salon Success Academy-Corona | — | — | 196 | $12,983 | — |
Summit Salon Academy | — | — | 183 | $19,220 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NW | — | — | 216 | $19,244 | — |
| Peer group median | 83% | 100.0% | 215 | $19,244 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about HI.
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