Private for-profit · Community college
The Beauty Institute
West Palm Beach, Florida · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,896
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $23,023
- Median earnings
The Beauty Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in West Palm Beach, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 18 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
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to West Palm Beach, FL
- To the ocean
- 5 miles
- Nearest airport
- 2 miles to President Donald J. Trump (PBI) · major hub
How The Beauty Institute compares
Higher than 98% · #1 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 23%
Higher than 12% · #147 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 29% · #116 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 56%
Larger than 3%
Percentiles compare The Beauty Institute 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
- Women844%
- Men1056%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White5.6%
- Black50%
- Hispanic22%
- Asian5.6%
- Other or multiracial17%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 18
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 52%
- Median family income
- $13,443
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
- $20,896
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
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 60%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,222
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,023
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 50%
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 25% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $300. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 20 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,023
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 12%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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 out-earn men by $2,138 (10%) 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
- 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 (1.9 mi from campus).
What The Beauty Institute 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.