Palm Beach
Academy of Health & Beauty
For-profit College in West Palm Beach, FL. Median 10-year earnings $30,784.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,784 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 88% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 6:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 106, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Average net price after grant aid is $21,916 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($24,889 versus $26,008), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $3,916 on average. 55% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,889 |
| $30–48k | $21,879 |
| $48–75k | $22,155 |
| $75–110k | $26,008 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026