The Beauty Institute
About
The Beauty Institute is a nationally accredited beauty school located in Pennsylvania, with campuses in Philadelphia, Ambler, Allentown, and Stroudsburg. It focuses on cosmetology and beauty programs, offering hands-on training designed to prepare students for careers in the beauty industry. The institution has over 40 years of educational experience in hairdressing and emphasizes a practical, salon-style learning environment.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 32.0-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.
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.
Action history · 7
- Jul 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2021Grant Substantive Change: OtherNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Dec 2020Removal 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, 127 students received $624K in Pell grants, alongside $741K 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 67 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (1.4%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Beauty Institute
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
- Public property2
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.
Beauty Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Beauty Institute 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Beauty Institute | 68% | — | 70 | $15,131 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle | — | 92.9% | 154 | $30,692 | — |
Aveda Institute-Portland | — | — | 238 | $12,108 | — |
Capri College-Davenport | — | — | 135 | $12,882 | — |
College of Hair Design-East Campus | — | — | 125 | $14,649 | — |
Denmark College | — | — | 175 | $14,312 | — |
Elite School of Cosmetology | — | — | 200 | $22,462 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati | — | — | 168 | $16,707 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg | — | — | 152 | $17,299 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Maine | — | — | 117 | $16,411 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek | — | — | 152 | $15,092 | — |
Model College of Hair Design | — | — | 199 | $17,740 | — |
My Le's Beauty College | — | — | 110 | $12,990 | — |
Northwest College-Eugene | — | — | 139 | $25,401 | — |
Parisian Spa Institute | — | — | 61 | $8,710 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland | — | — | 181 | $20,344 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus | — | — | 200 | $18,169 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Knoxville | — | — | 87 | $21,558 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Missouri Columbia | — | — | 107 | $16,681 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Orlando | — | — | 174 | $18,877 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Phoenix | — | — | 137 | $18,308 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Raleigh | — | — | 130 | $17,979 | — |
PCI Academy-Iowa City | — | — | 113 | $18,648 | — |
PCI Academy-Plymouth | — | — | 165 | $15,865 | — |
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Niles | — | — | 172 | $19,489 | — |
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools | — | — | 310 | $29,356 | — |
Summit Salon Academy Kansas City | — | — | 157 | $19,679 | — |
TC Beauty | — | — | 100 | $12,559 | — |
The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics | — | — | 271 | $19,130 | — |
The Temple-A Paul Mitchell Partner School | — | — | 140 | $28,358 | — |
VICI Beauty School | — | — | 109 | $12,721 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 92.9% | 152 | $17,740 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Frequently asked questions about The Beauty Institute
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