Universal Spa
Training Academy
For-profit College in Downers Grove, IL. Median 10-year earnings $41,928.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,928 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,283 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. At 231 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 231 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,057 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,072 at $0–30k against $24,756 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 38% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing reaches 45% 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 · 122 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 | $19,072 |
| $30–48k | $22,118 |
| $48–75k | $23,679 |
| $75–110k | $24,299 |
| $110k+ | $24,756 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 104 of these 231 students, totalling $892,116 — an average of $8,578 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
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)