Private for-profit · Community college

Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland

Lakeland, Florida · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $11,298
Avg net price: 76%
Grad / completion: $20,948
Median earnings

Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lakeland, Florida (midsize city setting), enrolling 185 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 185 undergradsMidsize cityMild winters

About Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. In 1823, the United States and the various tribes in Florida signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek, which created a reservation in central Florida that included what is now Polk County. The Lakeland History Room is a special collections archive established in 1987 housed within the Lakeland Public Library's main branch. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 32 miles to Tampa, FL
To the ocean: 30 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Lakeland Linder (LAL)

How Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland compares

Graduation rate76%

Higher than 71% · #77 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention82%

Higher than 67%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$20,948

Higher than 7% · #155 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$11,298

Cheaper than 65% · #64 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment185

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland 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

Women13070%
Men5530%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White32%
Black31%
Hispanic30%
Asian2.2%
Other or multiracial4.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 185
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: 60%
Students over 25: 65%
Median family income: $13,834

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $11,298

Outcomes

Graduated: 76%
First-year retention: 82%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $20,334
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $20,948
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 9%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$10,711

$30–48k

$11,554

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

$15,229

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland 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): $20,948
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 30%
Out-earn a HS grad: 23%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Women

$20,354

Men

$22,279

Men out-earn women by $1,925 (9%) 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: 92°F
Winter low: 51°F
Annual rain: 56.8″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lakeland 2, FL US station (5.9 mi from campus).

What Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Lakeland graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

110 grads$19k 1 yr$22k 5 yr$10k debt

110$18,766$22,356$9,500 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

16 grads$19k 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

16$18,968—$10,982

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.