Private for-profit · Community college
Cosmetology & Spa Academy
Crystal Lake, Illinois · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,708
- Avg net price
- 70%
- Grad / completion
- $29,779
- Median earnings
Cosmetology & Spa Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Crystal Lake, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 445 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Crystal Lake, Illinois
Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The City of Crystal Lake traces its origins to two communities established in the 1800s. Those communities were generally known as Nunda and Crystal Lake. Crystal Lake, as a city, is large enough to support its cultural institutions. However, it also offers many cultural opportunities in the city of Chicago and the other large communities that surround it, which are easily accessible from Crystal Lake and vice versa. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 41 miles to Rockford, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 24 miles
- Nearest airport
- 27 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Cosmetology & Spa Academy compares
Higher than 62% · #39 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 73%
Higher than 30% · #76 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 44% · #76 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 75%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 60%
Percentiles compare Cosmetology & Spa Academy with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women36983%
- Men7617%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White38%
- Black11%
- Hispanic45%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial4.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 445
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 61%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 28%
- Median family income
- $23,464
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $16,708
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 70%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,231
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,779
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Students with federal loans
- 66%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 49%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (445 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Cosmetology & Spa Academy funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $29,779
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 30%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 13°F
- Annual rain
- 37″
- Annual snow
- 34.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MC Henry -WG Stratton L&D, IL US station (4.6 mi from campus).
What Cosmetology & Spa Academy graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.