Private for-profit · Community college
Beauty Academy of South Florida
Hialeah Gardens, Florida · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $52,816
- Avg net price
- 72%
- Grad / completion
- $16,826
- Median earnings
Beauty Academy of South Florida is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hialeah Gardens, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 544 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hialeah Gardens, Florida
Hialeah Gardens is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The municipality sprouted from humble beginnings at Walter C. Ohlerts Tourist Camp. By way of 26 unanimous votes, the town of Hialeah Gardens achieved incorporation in December 1948. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to Miami, FL
- To the ocean
- 9 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Miami-Opa Locka Executive (OPF)
How Beauty Academy of South Florida compares
Higher than 65% · #91 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 86%
Higher than 2% · #165 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 1% · #206 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 86%
Lower than 2%
Larger than 64%
Percentiles compare Beauty Academy of South Florida 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
- Women48489%
- Men6011%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black1.8%
- Hispanic98%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 544
- Student–faculty ratio
- 35 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 63%
- First-generation students
- 71%
- Students over 25
- 77%
- Median family income
- $0
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
- $52,816
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $15,330
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $16,826
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,458
- Students with federal loans
- 58%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 42%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (544 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
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.
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?
Beauty Academy of South Florida 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)
- $16,826
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,458
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 38%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 59°F
- Annual rain
- 72.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hialeah, FL US station (3.9 mi from campus).
What Beauty Academy of South Florida 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.












