Private for-profit · Community college

Fort Pierce Beauty Academy

Fort Pierce, Florida · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $23,191
Avg net price: 88%
Grad / completion: $23,091
Median earnings

Fort Pierce Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fort Pierce, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 28 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 28 undergradsLarge suburbMild wintersNear the coast

About Fort Pierce, Florida

Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The military post had been named for Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, a career United States Army officer and the brother of President Franklin Pierce. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an average of 350,000 tons of waterborne commerce moves through the Port of Fort Pierce annually. Major commodities which are dependent on the port include citrus exports, cement and aragonite imports. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 51 miles to West Palm Beach, FL
To the ocean: 2 miles
Nearest airport: 18 miles to Vero Beach (VRB)

How Fort Pierce Beauty Academy compares

Graduation rate88%

Higher than 88% · #30 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention32%

Higher than 4%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,091

Higher than 12% · #146 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$23,191

Cheaper than 22% · #137 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment28

Larger than 5%

Percentiles compare Fort Pierce Beauty Academy 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

Women2071%
Men829%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White29%
Black64%
Hispanic7.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 28
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 98%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 40%
Median family income: $11,766

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: $23,191

Outcomes

Graduated: 88%
First-year retention: 32%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,581
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,091
Median debt at graduation: $7,917
Students with federal loans: 98%

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

$23,191

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$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?

Fort Pierce Beauty Academy 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): $23,091
Typical debt at graduation: $7,917
Debt vs. one year's pay: 34%
Out-earn a HS grad: 16%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 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

$21,211

Men

$24,842

Men out-earn women by $3,631 (17%) 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: 53°F
Annual rain: 55.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Pierce, FL US station (2.6 mi from campus).

What Fort Pierce Beauty Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

14 grads$21k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$10k debt

14$20,902$19,839$9,500 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

— grads$19k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$8k debt

—$19,101$25,891$7,916

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.