The University
of Aesthetics & Cosmetology
For-profit College in Downers Grove, IL.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The part-time picture is harder: 70% return, against 100% full-time. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 65 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,016 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,112 at $0–30k, $20,700 at $110k+. Only 38% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing reaches 51% of students.
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 · 32 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 | $16,112 |
| $30–48k | $14,662 |
| $48–75k | $18,834 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $20,700 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 33 of these 65 students, totalling $167,687 — an average of $5,081 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (DuPage County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026