Private for-profit · Community college
Lyle's College of Beauty
Bakersfield, California · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $23,572
- Avg net price
- 83%
- Grad / completion
- $25,913
- Median earnings
Lyle's College of Beauty is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bakersfield, California (large city setting), enrolling 70 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. Upon Spanish arrival, present-day Bakersfield was inhabited by the Yowlumne, a Yokuts people. Yowlumne accounts indicate that the village of Woilu was situated in the bounds of the present city. Bakersfield appears in the 1997 role-playing video game Fallout under the name of Necropolis. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 1 mile to Bakersfield, CA
- To the ocean
- 74 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Meadows Field (BFL)
How Lyle's College of Beauty compares
Higher than 82% · #75 of 382 in California
Higher than 64%
Higher than 20% · #276 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 21% · #237 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 90%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 19%
Percentiles compare Lyle's College of Beauty 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
- Women6390%
- Men710%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White14%
- Black2.9%
- Hispanic80%
- Other or multiracial2.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 70
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $14,595
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
- $23,572
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
- 83%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $12,878
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,913
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 25%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 41%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 50% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $74. 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 24 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)
- $25,913
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 24%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 19%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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
- 97°F
- Winter low
- 38°F
- Annual rain
- 6.7″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Bakersfield 5 NW, CA US station (2.7 mi from campus).
What Lyle's College of Beauty 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.