Private for-profit · Community college
Central Valley Barber College
Riverbank, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,762
- Avg net price
- 98%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Central Valley Barber College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Riverbank, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 122 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Riverbank, California
Riverbank is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. In the 1850s, the Riverbank area was known as Burneyville. Major James Burney, sheriff of Mariposa, established the Burneyville Ferry over the Stanislaus River at the site of the modern bridge in Riverbank. The Riverbank Branch Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 25 miles to Stockton, CA
- To the ocean
- 33 miles
- Nearest airport
- 20 miles to Stockton Metropolitan (SCK)
How Central Valley Barber College compares
Higher than 95% · #12 of 382 in California
Higher than 70%
Cheaper than 51% · #148 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 56%
Larger than 33%
Percentiles compare Central Valley Barber 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
- White13%
- Black7.4%
- Hispanic77%
- Asian1.6%
- Other or multiracial0.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 122
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 50%
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
- $14,762
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
- 98%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 50%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
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?
Central Valley Barber 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 39°F
- Annual rain
- 12.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Modesto City CO AP, CA US station (8 mi from campus).
What Central Valley Barber 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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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.