The Beauty Institute-Ambler
About
The Beauty Institute-Ambler is a beauty training institution located in Ambler, Pennsylvania. It offers programs in cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology but does not specify its founding year or size in the available information.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 27.0-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 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.
Action history · 7
- Jul 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Aug 2021Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jul 2021Grant Substantive Change: OtherNational 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, 136 students received $708K in Pell grants, alongside $852K 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 163 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (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 Beauty Institute-Ambler
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 property3
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-Ambler vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Beauty Institute-Ambler 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-Ambler | 68% | — | 160 | $17,231 | — |
Avalon Institute-Aurora | — | — | 162 | $16,882 | — |
Avalon Institute-Layton | — | — | 186 | $18,945 | — |
Cameo College of Essential Beauty | — | — | 257 | — | — |
Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers | — | — | 285 | $18,206 | — |
Dorsey School of Beauty | — | — | 164 | $22,138 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Michigan | — | — | 259 | $16,486 | — |
Federico Beauty Institute | — | — | 220 | $25,736 | — |
Florida Barber Academy | — | — | 244 | $24,713 | — |
Genesis Career College-Cookeville | — | — | 300 | $13,597 | — |
International Salon and Spa Academy | — | — | 248 | $20,904 | — |
Jean Madeline Aveda Institute | — | — | 244 | $20,629 | — |
LaBarberia Institute of Hair | — | — | 169 | $12,899 | — |
Milan Institute of Cosmetology-El Paso | — | — | 448 | $25,964 | — |
Nouvelle Institute | — | — | 75 | $12,910 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Dallas | — | — | 415 | $19,616 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Willowbrook | — | — | 481 | $21,416 | — |
Oliver Finley Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 254 | $21,522 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati | — | — | 246 | $22,003 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Las Vegas | — | — | 204 | $27,485 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Modesto | — | — | 218 | $17,550 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Richland | — | — | 256 | $27,097 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Springfield | — | — | 297 | $16,487 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Tulsa | — | — | 234 | $20,064 | — |
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green | — | — | 219 | $20,272 | — |
Salon Success Academy-Redlands | — | — | 220 | $14,662 | — |
Southeastern Esthetics Institute | — | — | 358 | $16,467 | — |
Texas Barber College | — | — | 518 | $17,164 | — |
Total Image Beauty Academy | — | — | 204 | $13,423 | — |
Vogue College of Cosmetology-McAllen | — | — | 344 | $26,326 | — |
Z Hair Academy | — | 100.0% | 235 | $15,269 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 100.0% | 244 | $19,281 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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