Private for-profit · Community college
Hair Professionals Career College
Palos Hills, Illinois · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $15,405
- Avg net price
- 71%
- Grad / completion
- $23,417
- Median earnings
Hair Professionals Career College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Palos Hills, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 86 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Palos Hills, Illinois
Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. It is named after Palos de la Frontera, Spain, from which Christopher Columbus set sail to North America. Moraine Valley Community College and Amos Alonzo Stagg High School are its main schools. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 14 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub
How Hair Professionals Career College compares
Higher than 64% · #36 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 95%
Higher than 12% · #104 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 49% · #73 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 57%
Lower than 12%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare Hair Professionals Career College 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
- White45%
- Black16%
- Hispanic30%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial5.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 86
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 53%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 31%
- Median family income
- $14,554
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
- $15,405
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
- 71%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,518
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,417
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 59%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 26%
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%.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,417
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 41%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 28%
Typical debt would take roughly 4.1 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
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 41.4″
- Annual snow
- 38.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Little Red School Hse, IL US station (3.1 mi from campus).
What Hair Professionals Career College 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.