Private (for-profit)

International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences

Los Angeles, California·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Far West·icbas.edu
6-yr Graduation
88%
Enrollment
62
peer median 55
Avg net price
$21,390
+$5.1k vs peer
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About

The International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences (ICBAS) is a beauty school located in Los Angeles, CA, focusing on Cosmetology, Barbering, Esthetician, Manicuring, and Hairstyling. It features a hybrid learning model that combines online theory and hands-on training in a professional salon environment. The institution is nationally accredited by NACCAS and founded by Sonia Boghosian, although the founding year is not mentioned.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
88%
Full-time retention
63%

Pell equity

42.0pp gap
Pell recipients
92%
Non-Pell
50%

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

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$21,162
$30–48k$19,445
$48–75k$22,593
$75–110k
$110k+$24,242

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$21,390
+$5,110vs peer median $16,281
Federal loans
60.8%

Academic programs at ICBAS

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs4
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
62
12-mo unduplicated
131
Undergraduate
131
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
6%8
Women
94%123

Race / ethnicity composition

White
49.1%
Hispanic
28.8%
Black
11.9%
Asian
6.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.7%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
25.0:1

ICBAS vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions ICBAS selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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.

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SubjectInternational College of Beauty Arts & Sciences
88%62$21,390
A Better U Beauty Barber Academy
46$18,460
Academy of Salon Professionals
50$15,071
Cloyd's Beauty School 1 Inc
48$5,902
Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy
32$25,617
Diamond Beauty College
67$9,494
Empire Beauty School-Reading
90$18,390
Florida Academy of Health & Beauty
54$9,457
Hair Arts Institute
38$23,666
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City
67$9,798
Kaizen Beauty Academy
95
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute
66$16,686
Makana Esthetics Wellness Academy
50$14,133
Midwest Barber College
$18,236
Moler Hollywood Beauty Academy
73$9,962
Montgomery Beauty School
101$20,589
North Florida Cosmetology Institute
91$16,320
Omega Institute of Cosmetology
55$10,667
Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology
56$16,864
Paramount Beauty Academy
51$17,877
Paul Mitchell the School-NYC
96$19,024
Premiere Aesthetics Institute
45$12,404
Searcy Beauty College
54$15,106
The Academy of Hair Design Six
37$19,488
The Salon Professional Academy-Huntsville
53$19,115
The University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology
39$16,241
Top Nails & Hair Beauty School
92
Trend Barber College
30$15,398
Trend Setters School
65$9,460
Vaughn Beauty College
63$8,752
Peer group median88%55$16,281

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Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

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