Private for-profit · Community college

Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology

Dekalb, Illinois · Small suburb

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Transfer rate: $12,133
Avg net price: 63%
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Median earnings

Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Dekalb, Illinois (small suburb setting), enrolling 99 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 99 undergradsSmall suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Dekalb, Illinois

DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. DeKalb was originally called Huntley's Grove, and under the latter name was platted in 1853. The name is for Baron Johann de Kalb, a major general in the American Revolutionary War. The first church in DeKalb was organized in 1844. The Stage Coach Players, founded in 1947, have a theatre on 5th Street. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 29 miles to Rockford, IL
To Great Lakes shore: 53 miles
Nearest airport: 25 miles to Chicago Rockford (RFD)

How Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 53% · #50 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention83%

Higher than 70%

Average net price$12,133

Cheaper than 62% · #58 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment99

Larger than 28%

Percentiles compare Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology 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 race / ethnicity

White63%
Black14%
Hispanic13%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial9.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 99
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 23%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 12%
Median family income: $25,690

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: $12,133

Outcomes

Graduated: 63%
First-year retention: 83%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,171
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $7,917
Students with federal loans: 21%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

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.

< $30k

$10,544

$30–48k

$11,702

$48–75k

$13,254

$75–110k

$14,145

$110k+

$16,026

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,200

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,200. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 38 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high: 83°F
Winter low: 13°F
Annual rain: 37.2″
Annual snow: 33.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, DE Kalb, IL US station (1.3 mi from campus).

What Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

35 grads$16k 1 yr$24k 5 yr$10k debt

35$16,046$24,462$9,958

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.