Private for-profit · Community college
Academy of Cosmetology
Merritt Island, Florida · Large suburb
- 3%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 39%
- Grad / completion
- $20,144
- Median earnings
Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Merritt Island, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 50 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island is a peninsula in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. Merritt Island owes its name to the King of Spain. The entire island was part of a land grant given by the King to a nobleman named Merritt. There are light industrial fabrication centers on the Merritt Island Airport, and NASA-related industrial activities to support the Space Shuttle, which was retired in summer of 2011, and other rocket launches on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 42 miles to Orlando, FL
- To the ocean
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 21 miles to Melbourne Orlando (MLB)
How Academy of Cosmetology compares
Higher than 24% · #188 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 32%
Higher than 6% · #159 of 171 in Florida
Lower than 96%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 13%
Percentiles compare Academy of Cosmetology with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women4590%
- Men510%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White62%
- Black6.0%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian2.0%
- Other or multiracial16%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 50
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 57%
- Median family income
- $11,620
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 39%
- First-year retention
- 64%
- Transferred to another college
- 3%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,595
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $20,144
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Students with federal loans
- 33%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 29%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Academy of Cosmetology funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $20,144
- Typical debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 17%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $27,278 (157%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 50°F
- Annual rain
- 48.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Titusville 7 E, FL US station (15.3 mi from campus).
What Academy of Cosmetology graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.