Lyle's College
of Beauty
For-profit College in Bakersfield, CA. Median 10-year earnings $25,913.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $25,913, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $6,333, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 9:1 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 169 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 169 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,539 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,019 at $0–30k against $28,221 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 38% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 25% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 23 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 | $22,019 |
| $30–48k | $22,785 |
| $48–75k | $23,627 |
| $75–110k | $28,155 |
| $110k+ | $28,221 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 42 of these 169 students, totalling $283,005 — an average of $6,738 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kern 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)