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Riggins Urban Barber College

San Diego, California Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large city

Overview

Riggins Urban Barber College is a private for-profit career and technical school in San Diego, California. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 85 students.

Riggins Urban Barber College offers certificates across 5 programs, the largest being Barbering. It awarded 45 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 64% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Mission

Riggins Urban Barber College strongly believes that any person who has the ability, desire and determination to benefit from vocational training programs should be given each and every opportunity to do so. Our mission is to guide the student with a quality education to graduate and pass the Barber Exam and to become salon/shop-ready for an entry-level position of employment in a Barber Shop.

Mission statement as reported by Riggins Urban Barber College

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
85
Students enrolled
64%
First-year retention
45
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
4:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 5

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
64%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
4:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
45

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
85
Undergraduates, fall 2024
85
Full-time, fall 2024
69%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
136
Full-time, 2024-25
85%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
20%
Men
80%
White
7%
Hispanic or Latino
42%
Black or African American
45%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Continuous
CEO
Jerry Riggins
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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