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School of Cosmetology
For-profit College in Oswego, IL. Median 10-year earnings $23,412.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,412 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,833 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 189 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 184 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,145 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,703 at $0–30k, $24,098 at $110k+. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,247 — common but not automatic. 56% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 16 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,703 |
| $30–48k | $18,453 |
| $48–75k | $20,051 |
| $75–110k | $23,331 |
| $110k+ | $24,098 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 103 of these 184 students, totalling $787,447 — an average of $7,645 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kendall County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026