Private for-profit · Community college
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College
Santa Rosa, California · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $23,995
- Avg net price
- 82%
- Grad / completion
- $20,358
- Median earnings
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Santa Rosa, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 86 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, United States, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Before the arrival of Europeans, what became known as the Santa Rosa Plain was home to a strong and populous tribe of Pomo people known as the Bitakomtara. The Bitakomtara controlled the area closely, barring passage to others until permission was arranged. The Sonoma County Library offers a Central Library in downtown Santa Rosa, a Roseland branch on Sebastopol Road, a Northwest branch at Coddingtown Mall, and a Rincon Valley branch in east Santa Rosa. It is a member of the North Bay Cooperative Library System. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 54 miles to San Francisco, CA
- To the ocean
- 20 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County (STS)
How Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College compares
Higher than 80% · #84 of 382 in California
Higher than 75%
Higher than 6% · #307 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 20% · #244 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 69%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare Lytles Redwood Empire 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
- White60%
- Black2.3%
- Hispanic34%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial1.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 86
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 32%
- Median family income
- $24,423
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
- $23,995
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
- 82%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,192
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $20,358
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,682
- Students with federal loans
- 46%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 68%
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?
Lytles Redwood Empire 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)
- $20,358
- Typical debt at graduation
- $8,682
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 43%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 33%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.3 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 37°F
- Annual rain
- 33.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Rosa Sonoma CO AP, CA US station (2.9 mi from campus).
What Lytles Redwood Empire 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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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.