Private for-profit · Community college
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $37,240
- Avg net price
- 83%
- Grad / completion
- $21,386
- Median earnings
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in West Palm Beach, Florida (midsize city setting), enrolling 239 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The beginning of the historic period in south Florida is marked by Juan Ponce de León's first contact with native people in 1513. The permanent collection features 19th and 20th century European and American art, Chinese, contemporary art and photography. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to West Palm Beach, FL
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to President Donald J. Trump (PBI) · major hub
How Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach compares
Higher than 81% · #49 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 32%
Higher than 8% · #152 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 3% · #195 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 94%
Lower than 16%
Larger than 49%
Percentiles compare Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach 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
- Women17874%
- Men6126%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White12%
- Black27%
- Hispanic48%
- Other or multiracial14%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 239
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 57%
- Median family income
- $13,244
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
- $37,240
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
- 83%
- First-year retention
- 64%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,710
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $21,386
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,199
- Students with federal loans
- 38%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 19%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
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%.
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?
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach 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)
- $21,386
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,199
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 29%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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
- 58°F
- Annual rain
- 61.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, West Palm Beach Intl AP, FL US station (3.5 mi from campus).
What Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach 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.












