Private For-Profit · Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana Beauty College

Santa Ana Beauty College is a private for-profit institution in Santa Ana, 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.

75.7%
150%-time completion
$6,904
Avg net price / yr
City: Large
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Santa Ana Beauty College 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

A-
College Value Score
84/100
Santa Ana Beauty College

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 N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$6,904
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
75.7%
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
Santa Ana Beauty College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$6,904

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

75.7%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 75.7%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Santa Ana Beauty College vs peers

Santa Ana Beauty College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 7 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Santa Ana Beauty College positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $11K $53K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $3K $25K Avg Net Price ($) California Hair Design Academy: $19K earn · $24K net · 85% grad California Hair De… Bridges Beauty College: $17K earn · $16K net · 84% grad Bridges Beauty Col… Modern Technology School: $51K earn · $23K net · 77% grad Modern Technology … Santa Ana College: $44K earn · $3K net · 31% grad Santa Ana College Thanh Le College School of Cosmetology: $13K earn · $16K net · 72% grad Thanh Le College S… South Coast College: $45K earn · $17K net · 19% grad South Coast College American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana: $31K earn · $20K net · 70% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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.

Quick Facts

99
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
75.7%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention

How Santa Ana Beauty College ranks in California

State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Santa Ana Beauty College State rank Percentile
Average net price $6,904 #72 of 495 85th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 75.7% #127 of 483 74th
Undergraduate enrollment 99 #449 of 553 19th

Highest former-student earnings in California

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Samuel Merritt University$143,238-
2Harvey Mudd College$138,687$35,924
3California Institute of Technology$128,566$16,075
4Stanford University$124,080$13,807
5Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health$115,318-
6Gnomon$114,785$51,949
7Santa Clara University$109,183$50,062
8Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University$109,183-
9Touro University California$104,805-
10Claremont McKenna College$104,736$28,849
11West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$102,672$32,879
12West Coast University-Ontario$102,672$49,590

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Santa Ana Beauty College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Santa Ana Beauty College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $6,904
68.0%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate

Net price at Santa Ana Beauty College swings rather than trends

Across 7 reported years between 2017 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $4,778 to $9,490 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +86.4%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$4,778
Highest year
$9,490
Most recent (2023)
$9,490
Average net price, 2017–2023

7 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2017: $5,0902018: $7,9282019: $6,6152020: $7,6122021: $6,5082022: $4,7782023: $9,490
2017 · $5,0902023 · $9,490

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2017–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

89.3%
Female
78.7%
First Generation

Outcomes

$11,295
Median Earnings (6yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 75.7%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $11,295

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate 98 $19,321 -

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Santa Ana Beauty College cost?
The average net price at Santa Ana Beauty College is $6,904..
What is the graduation rate at Santa Ana Beauty College?
Santa Ana Beauty College has a 75.7% 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.

Where to go next from Santa Ana Beauty College

For-profit Scorecard figures are Title-IV cohort history — verify current program costs, accreditation, and repayment outcomes with the school and official aid tools.

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 for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — 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.