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Private for-profit · Community college

Advance Beauty College

Garden Grove, California · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$10,358
Avg net price
67%
Grad / completion
$11,575
Median earnings

Advance Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Garden Grove, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 346 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 346 undergradsLarge suburbNear the coast

About Garden Grove, California

Garden Grove is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States. Rancho Las Bolsas was a land grant under Mexican governance that primarily dealt in cattle ranching in the central Orange County floodplains. Garden Grove is home to two stage theaters, the Gem Theater and the Festival Amphitheater. The Festival Amphitheater hosts Shakespeare Orange County, which presents an annual Shakespeare Festival each summer. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to John Wayne Orange County (SNA) · major hub

How Advance Beauty College compares

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 58% · #184 of 382 in California

First-year retention89%

Higher than 80%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$11,575

Higher than 1% · #326 of 326 in California

Average net price$10,358

Cheaper than 69% · #95 cheapest of 377 in California

Student–faculty ratio30 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment346

Larger than 56%

Percentiles compare Advance Beauty College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

346undergrads
  • Women27880%
  • Men6820%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White7.8%
  • Black2.0%
  • Hispanic23%
  • Asian62%
  • Other or multiracial4.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
346
Student–faculty ratio
30 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
56%
First-generation students
59%
Students over 25
74%
Median family income
$0

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$10,358

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
67%
First-year retention
89%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$12,224
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$11,575
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$100

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (346 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$10,135
$30–48k
$10,003
$48–75k
$11,781
$75–110k
—
$110k+
—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

3%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,000
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 316 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$11,575
Typical debt at graduation
—
Debt vs. one year's pay
—
Out-earn a HS grad
15%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$10,157
Men
$23,466

Men out-earn women by $13,309 (131%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
85°F
Winter low
48°F
Annual rain
12.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.63.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Ana Fire Stn, CA US station (5.1 mi from campus).

What Advance Beauty College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
569 grads$11k 1 yr$14k 5 yr$8k debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Tuition
—
Transfer
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Earnings
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Tuition
—
Transfer
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Earnings
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Tuition
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Tuition
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.