Ruben's Five Star Academy
About
Ruben's Five Star Academy is a technical education institution located in Lake Wales, Florida. It specializes in preparing students for careers in hair and beauty, emphasizing practical skills and readiness for Florida's State Board Exam. The academy is dedicated to fostering professionalism and providing accessible education, although the founding year is not mentioned.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 50.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Occupational Education
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 11
- Jul 2025Removal of Show Cause StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jul 2025Removal of Monitoring StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
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, 29 students received $119K in Pell grants, alongside $83K 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 1 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 0.1% 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 Ruben's Five Star Academy
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.
Ruben's Five Star Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Ruben's Five Star Academy 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRuben's Five Star Academy | 59% | — | 22 | $15,661 | — |
Advanced College of Cosmetology | — | — | 24 | $13,510 | — |
Alexander Academy | — | — | 39 | $26,172 | — |
American Hair Academy | — | — | 25 | $11,892 | — |
Avalon School of Cosmetology | — | — | 15 | $13,095 | — |
Blalock's Professional Beauty College | — | — | 32 | $22,537 | — |
Buckner Barber School | — | — | 38 | $27,807 | — |
Celebrity Barber School | — | — | 20 | — | — |
Don Roberts School of Hair Design | — | — | 25 | $16,132 | — |
Entourage Institute of Beauty and Esthetics | — | — | 99 | $16,906 | — |
First Coast Barber Academy | — | 90.0% | 82 | $15,749 | — |
Formations Institute | — | — | 39 | $17,316 | — |
Hair Academy School of Barbering & Beauty | — | — | 33 | $16,893 | — |
Hello Gorgeous Barbers Stillwater's School of Barbering | — | — | 31 | — | — |
La James International College-Ft Dodge | — | — | 22 | $17,276 | — |
LeGrand Institute of Cosmetology Inc | — | — | 33 | $12,118 | — |
Leon Studio One School of Beauty Knowledge | — | — | 22 | $18,979 | — |
Lil Lou's Beauty and Barber College-Hammond | — | — | 26 | $15,799 | — |
MAK Beauty Institute | — | 58.3% | 11 | $6,239 | — |
Montana Barber Institute | — | — | — | $19,019 | — |
Mr Wayne's School of Unisex Hair Design | — | — | 20 | $16,300 | — |
No Grease Barber School | — | — | 28 | $19,563 | — |
Nuvani Institute | — | — | 12 | $19,754 | — |
Nuvo College of Cosmetology | — | — | 96 | $20,253 | — |
One Stop Academy | — | — | 31 | $7,321 | — |
Premiere Aesthetics Institute-Meridian | — | — | 64 | — | — |
Textures Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 19 | $18,827 | — |
Tiffin Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 48 | $10,382 | — |
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-San Antonio 410 | — | — | 39 | $20,353 | — |
Unlimited Cosmetology School | — | — | 29 | $18,963 | — |
Upper Kutz Barber & Style College | — | — | 17 | $22,664 | — |
| Peer group median | 59% | 74.2% | 29 | $17,091 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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