Shasta School
of Cosmetology
For-profit College in Redding, CA.
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. At 195 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 195 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,759 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,124 at $0–30k, $30,007 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 39% of students receive any. 27% 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 · 49 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 | $25,124 |
| $30–48k | $26,917 |
| $48–75k | $25,618 |
| $75–110k | $28,512 |
| $110k+ | $30,007 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 53 of these 195 students, totalling $337,250 — an average of $6,363 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shasta 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)