Private for-profit · Community college
Bridges Beauty College
Victorville, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,429
- Avg net price
- 90%
- Grad / completion
- $17,287
- Median earnings
Bridges Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Victorville, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 98 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Victorville, California
Victorville is a city in the Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California. In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called "Lane's Crossing." For many years it provided shelter and supplies for people journeying across the desert from the east to San Bernardino. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 38 miles to Riverside, CA
- To the ocean
- 71 miles
- Nearest airport
- 30 miles to San Bernardino (SBD) · major hub
How Bridges Beauty College compares
Higher than 90% · #42 of 382 in California
Higher than 79%
Higher than 2% · #317 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 46% · #164 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 29%
Larger than 28%
Percentiles compare Bridges 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 race / ethnicity
- White9.2%
- Black13%
- Hispanic66%
- Asian10%
- Other or multiracial1.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 98
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 50%
- Median family income
- $16,426
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
- $16,429
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
- 90%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $17,272
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $17,287
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 48%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 41%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
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.
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?
Bridges Beauty College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $17,287
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 12%
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 98°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 5.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Victorville, CA US station (0.6 mi from campus).
What Bridges Beauty College graduates study — and earn
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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Bridges Beauty College side by side →
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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MJ Barber & Beauty Academy
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- Students
- 94
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
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- Students
- 132
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $20k
Colleges near Bridges Beauty College
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California State University-San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA · Public · Bachelor's · 15,023 students
Oak Valley College
Rialto, CA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 75 students
Barstow Community College
Barstow, CA · Public · Certificate · 2,657 students
San Bernardino Beauty College
San Bernardino, CA · Private for-profit · Certificate · 82 students
Chaffey College
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San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino, CA · Public · Associate · 12,234 students
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.