10-yr median earnings
$25,477
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Daly City, California
Hilltop Beauty School
Hilltop Beauty School is a private for-profit institution in Daly City, California. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 72.2%
- 150%-time completion
- $18,874
- Avg net price / yr
- $25,477
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Hilltop Beauty School posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 13th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 72.2%
- 150%-time completion
- +1%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Hilltop Beauty School profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
41/100
Hilltop Beauty School
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$25,477
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$18,874
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B
72.2%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$18,874
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
72.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 72.2%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Hilltop Beauty School vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Hilltop Beauty School ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Hilltop Beauty School: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$25,477 13th percentile higher than 13% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Hilltop Beauty School | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $25,477 | #4458 of 5103 | 13th |
| Average net price | $18,874 | #2861 of 5020 | 43rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 72.2% | #1233 of 4858 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 77 | #4588 of 5462 | 16th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
77
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
72.2%
150%-time completion
$25,477
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Hilltop Beauty School ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Hilltop Beauty School | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $25,477 | #445 of 493 | 10th |
| Average net price | $18,874 | #233 of 495 | 53rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 72.2% | #150 of 483 | 69th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 77 | #474 of 553 | 14th |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 445 | Hilltop Beauty SchoolThis school | $25,477 | $18,874 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Hilltop Beauty School
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$18,462 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$18,295 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$19,794 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Hilltop Beauty School - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $18,874 |
57.4%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
What students pay at Hilltop Beauty School rose +58.3% since 2013
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $11,447 in 2013 to $18,117 in 2022, a rise of $6,670 in nominal dollars. Across the 49 colleges measured over the same 2013–2022 span, the median change was +24.3%.
10 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $11,4472022 · $18,117
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2022). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
91.9%
Female
59.4%
First Generation
Outcomes
$25,207
Median Earnings (6yr)
36.4%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 72.2% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $25,207 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $25,477 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 36.4% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 66 | $29,097 | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Hilltop Beauty School? ▼
Hilltop Beauty School is a private for-profit institution in Daly City, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 77 students.
How much do Hilltop Beauty School former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Hilltop Beauty School who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $25,477 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $25,207.
How much does Hilltop Beauty School cost? ▼
The average net price at Hilltop Beauty School is $18,874..
What is the graduation rate at Hilltop Beauty School? ▼
Hilltop Beauty School has a 72.2% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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