Private for-profit · Community college

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville

Vacaville, California · Midsize suburb

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Transfer rate: $23,880
Avg net price: 57%
Grad / completion: $22,378
Median earnings

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Vacaville, California (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 260 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 260 undergradsMidsize suburbNear the coast

About Vacaville, California

Vacaville is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The early settler pioneers of the land were Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca and Juan Felipe Peña, who were awarded a 44,000-acre (18,000 ha) Mexican land grant in 1842. The same year, Vaca and Peña's families settled in the area of Lagoon Valley. Between 1992 and 1995, local artist Guillermo Wagner Granizo installed 20 outdoor ceramic-tile murals, set into three freestanding walls near City Hall, entitled, "Vacaville Centennial". (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 29 miles to Sacramento, CA
To the ocean: 16 miles
Nearest airport: 27 miles to Buchanan Field (CCR)

How Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 44% · #240 of 382 in California

First-year retention95%

Higher than 88%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,378

Higher than 10% · #302 of 326 in California

Average net price$23,880

Cheaper than 21% · #242 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment260

Larger than 50%

Percentiles compare Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville 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

Women24494%
Men166%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White20%
Black19%
Hispanic43%
Asian3.9%
Other or multiracial14%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 260
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 67%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 43%
Median family income: $14,392

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: $23,880

Outcomes

Graduated: 57%
First-year retention: 95%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,829
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $22,378
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 18%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

57%

Low-income (Pell)

45%

First-generation

47%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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.

< $30k

$23,133

$30–48k

$23,861

$48–75k

$24,587

$75–110k

$27,370

$110k+

$28,312

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?

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville 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): $22,378
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 28%
Out-earn a HS grad: 20%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$22,553

Men

$19,566

Women out-earn men by $2,987 (15%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 95°F
Winter low: 37°F
Annual rain: 24.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Vacaville Nut Tree AP, CA US station (0.5 mi from campus).

What Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Vacaville graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

120 grads$15k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$8k debt

120$14,943$19,776$7,917

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.