California Beauty College
For-profit College in Modesto, CA. Median 10-year earnings $22,255.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
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. First-year retention of 97% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 207, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 207 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,949 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,625 at $0–30k against $15,208 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 55% get grants averaging $4,123, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 65% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 108 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 | $11,625 |
| $30–48k | $11,780 |
| $48–75k | $12,779 |
| $75–110k | $14,280 |
| $110k+ | $15,208 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 135 of these 207 students, totalling $699,674 — an average of $5,183 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Stanislaus County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026