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Shear Finesse Beauty Academy

Jacksonville, Florida Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large city

Overview

Shear Finesse Beauty Academy is a private for-profit career and technical school in Jacksonville, Florida. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 49 students in fall 2024.

Shear Finesse Beauty Academy offers certificates across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Barbering, Cosmetology, and Facial Treatment Specialist. It awarded 10 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 77% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Mission

The mission of Shear Finesse Beauty Academy is to provide quality training and education to students who have the ability to benefit from the programs. We promote an environment of learning and personalized training needed for licensure and success in the work place including business skills, customer service, retailing, and communication. The school recognizes a need to foster the students’ specific talents and career goals by building positive relationships with the faculty, staff and other industry related professionals to promote career success.

Mission statement as reported by Shear Finesse Beauty Academy

Key figures

Open

Admission policy

Students enrolled

77%

First-year retention

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

6:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

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Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 3

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 3

Barbering Certificate 7 graduates
Cosmetology Certificate 2 graduates
Facial Treatment Specialist Certificate 1 graduate

Admissions

Admission policy: Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students: 77%
Student-to-faculty ratio: 6:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year: 8
Certificates of 1 to 2 years: 2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 49
Undergraduates, fall 2024: 49
Full-time, fall 2024: 100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 57
Full-time, 2024-25: 100%
Size category: Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women: 54%
Men: 46%
White: 2%
Hispanic or Latino: 2%
Black or African American: 93%
Two or more races: 4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online: 0%
Students taking some online courses: 0%
Weekend or evening classes: Yes

Campus and services

Setting: Large city
Academic calendar: Continuous
Director/President: Yvonne Williams
Services and opportunities: Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members: Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization