Private for-profit · Community college
Santa Ana Beauty Academy
Santa Ana, California · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,391
- Avg net price
- 75%
- Grad / completion
- $28,107
- Median earnings
Santa Ana Beauty Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Santa Ana, California (large city setting), enrolling 35 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States. Members of the Tongva and Juaneño/Luiseño are indigenous to the area. The Tongva called the Santa Ana area "Hotuuk". The village of Pajbenga was located at modern day Santa Ana along the Santa Ana River. The Bowers Museum is art and history museum started in the 1930s with a large collection of fine art and artifacts from around the world and several traveling exhibits each year. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 30 miles to Riverside, CA
- To the ocean
- 12 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to John Wayne Orange County (SNA) · major hub
How Santa Ana Beauty Academy compares
Higher than 70% · #131 of 382 in California
Higher than 95%
Higher than 26% · #264 of 326 in California
Cheaper than 72% · #89 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 82%
Larger than 8%
Percentiles compare Santa Ana 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
- White17%
- Hispanic69%
- Asian8.6%
- Other or multiracial5.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 35
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 53%
- Median family income
- $17,292
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
- $9,391
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
- 75%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,107
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $150
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 48°F
- Annual rain
- 12.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Ana Fire Stn, CA US station (2.4 mi from campus).
What Santa Ana 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.













