Private for-profit · Community college
Hilltop Beauty School
Daly City, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,874
- Avg net price
- 73%
- Grad / completion
- $25,477
- Median earnings
Hilltop Beauty School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Daly City, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 77 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Daly City, California
Daly City is the second-most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States. Archaeological evidence suggests the San Francisco Bay area has been inhabited as early as 2700 BC. People of the Ohlone language group probably occupied northern California from at least the year A.D. 500. The Cow Palace arena grounds straddle the border with San Francisco and is the home for the annual Grand National Rodeo, Horse, and Stock Show. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to San Francisco, CA
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to San Francisco (SFO) · major hub
How Hilltop Beauty School compares
Higher than 66% · #143 of 382 in California
Higher than 55%
Higher than 20% · #279 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 36% · #190 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 56%
Larger than 22%
Percentiles compare Hilltop Beauty School 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
- Women7192%
- Men68%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White2.6%
- Black5.2%
- Hispanic60%
- Asian26%
- Other or multiracial6.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 77
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 84%
- Median family income
- $18,040
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
- $18,874
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
- 73%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,207
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,477
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $25,477
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 33%
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
- 66°F
- Winter low
- 46°F
- Annual rain
- 20.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Francisco Oceanside, CA US station (2.9 mi from campus).
What Hilltop Beauty School 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.