Private for-profit · Community college
Modern Beauty Academy
Oxnard, California · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,906
- Avg net price
- 80%
- Grad / completion
- $22,477
- Median earnings
Modern Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Oxnard, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 90 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Oxnard, California
Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The first European to encounter the area was explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho, who claimed it for Spain in 1542. During the mission period, Mission San Buenaventura, established in 1782, used the area for raising cattle. Oxnard cultural institutions include the Carnegie Art Museum, founded in 1907 as the Oxnard Public Library by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie; the Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife, founded by the late Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler, and the Channel Islands Maritime Museum. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 33 miles to Santa Barbara, CA
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 41 miles to Santa Barbara (SBA)
How Modern Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 77% · #97 of 382 in California
Higher than 95%
Higher than 10% · #297 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 44% · #169 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 56%
Larger than 25%
Percentiles compare Modern Beauty Academy 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
- White1.1%
- Black1.1%
- Hispanic92%
- Asian2.2%
- Other or multiracial3.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 90
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 47%
- Median family income
- $23,985
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
- $16,906
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
- 80%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,766
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $22,477
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 30%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 47%
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?
Modern Beauty Academy 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)
- $22,477
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 24%
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
- 76°F
- Winter low
- 46°F
- Annual rain
- 12.9″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oxnard, CA US station (0.4 mi from campus).
What Modern Beauty Academy 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.