10-yr median earnings
$59,398
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Costa Mesa, California
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa is a private nonprofit institution in Costa Mesa, California. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $59,398
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 16%
- former-student earnings, US
- +37%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa 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
C
College Value Score
57/100
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa
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 A-
$59,398
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$18,040
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
44.4%
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
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa 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 Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa 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.
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$59,398 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 | Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $59,398 | #828 of 5103 | 84th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 32 | #5171 of 5462 | 5th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
32
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$59,398
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $59,398 | #115 of 493 | 77th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 32 | #534 of 553 | 3rd |
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 |
| 115 | Homestead Schools-Costa MesaThis school | $59,398 | - |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
77.6%
Female
53.5%
First Generation
Outcomes
$43,413
Median Earnings (6yr)
44.4%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $43,413 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $59,398 |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 44.4% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $18,040 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $191/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | - | $65,810 | $18,040 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa? ▼
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa is a private nonprofit institution in Costa Mesa, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 32 students.
How much do Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $59,398 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $43,413.
Is Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa is $18,040, while former students earn a median of $59,398 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 30% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 44.4% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $191.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. 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).
Where to go next from Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.