Mooresville, NC · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology is a private for-profit institution in Mooresville, NC, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 18 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 13:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: pinnacleinstitute.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology is $20,125 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 133 North Carolina colleges that do report one is $14,116.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville | Private for-profit | 1,345 | $43,100 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $22,786 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 52% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $9,833 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 40% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 15% |
| First-generation students | 44% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology's largest program is $20,125 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology enrolls about 18 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 13:1.
Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology is a private for-profit institution in Mooresville, NC. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology are $22,786 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology graduates who borrowed is $9,833, according to College Scorecard.