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Advance Beauty College

For-profit College in Garden Grove, CA. Median 10-year earnings $11,575.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Advance Beauty College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$11,575
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Academics

Full-time retention
89%
Transfer-out rate
—
Student:faculty
30:1

The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 89% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention drops to 69% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 30:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$10,358
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
56%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
—
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 762 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $10,358 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($10,135 versus $11,781), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 56% get grants averaging $4,657, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
82%
Average grant
$5,352

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 188 students

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 $10,135
$30–48k $10,003
$48–75k $11,781
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$2,682/mo
1 bedroom
$2,746/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$3,236/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

VA caution flag

Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue

GI Bill students
14
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Advance Beauty College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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