Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training
About
The Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training is a beauty school located in New York City that specializes in esthetics, skin care, and makeup education. It was established following the success of Lia Schorr's spa, which began in 1980, and offers a hands-on training program led by licensed instructors with a focus on clinical experience.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 19
- Sep 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Nov 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2023Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation RemovedNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2022Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
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, 41 students received $188K in Pell grants, alongside $167K 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 47 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (4.2%) 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 Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training
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.
Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training | 89% | — | 34 | $7,295 | — |
Academy of Beauty Professionals | — | — | 53 | — | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Pearl | — | — | 43 | $20,326 | — |
American College of Barbering | — | — | 84 | $21,506 | — |
Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania | — | — | 47 | $10,014 | — |
Barber Education Academy | — | — | 37 | $8,748 | — |
Barber Tech Academy | — | — | 59 | $20,283 | — |
Beau Monde Academy of Barbering and Cosmetology | — | — | 92 | $28,192 | — |
Christina and Company Education Center | — | — | 44 | $11,682 | — |
Cozmo Beauty School | — | — | 52 | $20,231 | — |
Diamonds College | — | — | 51 | $20,905 | — |
DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | — | — | 21 | $18,701 | — |
Edge Academy of Beauty | — | — | 56 | $14,491 | — |
Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Sterling | — | — | 59 | $13,521 | — |
Elite College of Cosmetology | — | — | 53 | $12,696 | — |
Elite Cosmetology, Barber & Spa Academy | — | — | 118 | $17,970 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Hanover | — | — | 55 | $16,832 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Vernon Hills | — | — | 50 | $15,388 | — |
Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 45 | $30,608 | — |
Hays Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 83 | $14,744 | — |
JB's Hair Design and Barber College | — | — | 59 | $18,127 | — |
Lansdale School of Cosmetology Inc | — | — | 42 | $16,884 | — |
Lawrence & Company College of Cosmetology | — | — | 34 | $12,304 | — |
Meryma'at Barber College | — | — | 48 | $4,406 | — |
Northwest College-Clackamas | — | — | 35 | $23,519 | — |
Phipps Academy of Barbering | — | — | 39 | $11,785 | — |
Ray J's College of Hair | — | — | 41 | $10,061 | — |
Santa Ana Beauty College | — | — | 99 | $9,490 | — |
Stevensons Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 112 | $3,715 | — |
Strand Institute of Beauty & Esthetics | — | — | 65 | $27,218 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls | — | — | 91 | $13,595 | — |
| Peer group median | 89% | — | 52 | $15,066 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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