University of
Aesthetics & Cosmetology
For-profit College in Chicago, IL. Median 10-year earnings $28,955.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,955 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,917.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — 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. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 86, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 86 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,510 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,592 versus $20,795), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 55% get grants averaging $4,141, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 58% 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 · 43 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 | $16,592 |
| $30–48k | $20,302 |
| $48–75k | $18,464 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $20,795 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 50 of these 86 students, totalling $248,452 — an average of $4,969 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026