Shear Finesse Beauty Academy
About
Shear Finesse Beauty Academy is a beauty education institution located in an unspecified location, offering programs in cosmetology, barbering, restricted barbering, and a full specialist program in skin and nails. The academy provides training in a professional environment and is an approved veteran training facility. The founding year is not mentioned on the website.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
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.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 10
- Oct 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2023Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2022Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational 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, 27 students received $111K in Pell grants, alongside $105K 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 49 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (18.3%) 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 Shear Finesse Beauty 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.
Shear Finesse Beauty Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Shear Finesse Beauty 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectShear Finesse Beauty Academy | 54% | — | 49 | $24,584 | — |
| — | — | 52 | $11,239 | — | |
| — | — | 28 | $16,929 | — | |
| — | — | 18 | $13,882 | — | |
| — | — | 22 | $15,361 | — | |
| — | — | 16 | $15,730 | — | |
| — | — | — | $7,188 | — | |
| — | — | 43 | — | — | |
| — | — | 26 | $10,406 | — | |
| — | — | 46 | $13,396 | — | |
| — | — | 61 | $6,166 | — | |
| — | — | — | $14,042 | — | |
| — | — | 46 | $9,739 | — | |
| — | — | 28 | $16,563 | — | |
| — | — | 49 | $19,710 | — | |
| — | — | 36 | $11,821 | — | |
| — | — | 26 | $11,235 | — | |
| — | — | 50 | $5,446 | — | |
| — | — | 39 | $15,898 | — | |
| — | — | 65 | $11,671 | — | |
| — | — | 29 | $12,741 | — | |
| — | — | 53 | $13,273 | — | |
| — | — | 43 | $11,537 | — | |
| — | — | 31 | $6,345 | — | |
| — | — | 29 | $15,437 | — | |
| — | — | 57 | $16,844 | — | |
| — | — | 22 | $2,636 | — | |
| — | — | 33 | $12,103 | — | |
| — | — | 24 | $6,289 | — | |
| — | — | 36 | $15,665 | — | |
| Peer group median | 54% | — | 36 | $12,741 |
Institutions like Shear Finesse Beauty Academy
Explore the federal data for institutions in Shear Finesse Beauty Academy's comparison group.
- Texas
Academy of Hair Design-Jasper
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment52Net price$11,239View data - Missouri
Aesthetics Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment28Net price$16,929View data - Utah
American Beauty Academy-West Valley Campus
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment18Net price$13,882View data - Virginia
Avi Career Training
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment22Net price$15,361View data - New York
Barber & Beauty Institute of New York
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment16Net price$15,730View data - Illinois
Bell Mar Beauty College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$7,188View data - Florida
Bellasa Professional Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment43Net price—View data - Pennsylvania
Butler Beauty Academy
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment26Net price$10,406View data - North Carolina
Carolina College of Hair Design Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment46Net price$13,396View data - Missouri
Central College of Cosmetology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment61Net price$6,166View data - South Carolina
Charzanne Beauty College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$14,042View data - Colorado
Cheeks Beauty Academy
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment46Net price$9,739View data - Michigan
Dymond Designs Beauty School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment28Net price$16,563View data - Pennsylvania
Empire Beauty School-Lebanon
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment49Net price$19,710View data - Florida
KCK Beauty & Barber Academy
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment36Net price$11,821View data - Texas
Legends Barber College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment26Net price$11,235View data - Michigan
M J Murphy Beauty College of Mount Pleasant
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment50Net price$5,446View data - Arkansas
New Tyler Barber College Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment39Net price$15,898View data - Illinois
Oehrlein School of Cosmetology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment65Net price$11,671View data - California
Princess Institute of Beauty
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment29Net price$12,741View data - Illinois
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment53Net price$13,273View data - California
Redondo Beach Beauty College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment43Net price$11,537View data - Missouri
Salem College of Hairstyling
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment31Net price$6,345View data - California
Salon Success Academy-Fontana
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment29Net price$15,437View data - Wisconsin
State College of Beauty Culture
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment57Net price$16,844View data - Tennessee
Sweetwater Institute of Cosmetology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment22Net price$2,636View data - Tennessee
The Salon Professional Academy-Nashville
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment33Net price$12,103View data - Texas
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment24Net price$6,289View data - Florida
World Class Academy of Beauty Careers
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment36Net price$15,665View data
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Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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