Estes Institute
of Cosmetology Arts and Science
For-profit College in Visalia, CA. Median 10-year earnings $26,965.
- ✓ 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 is 75% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. At 85 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 85 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,270 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,190 at $0–30k, $18,431 at $110k+. 44% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 33% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 13 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 | $13,190 |
| $30–48k | $14,862 |
| $48–75k | $14,957 |
| $75–110k | $21,002 |
| $110k+ | $18,431 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 28 of these 85 students, totalling $132,418 — an average of $4,729 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulare County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)