Private for-profit · Community college

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno

Reno, Nevada · Large city

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Transfer rate: $20,771
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $22,378
Median earnings

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Reno, Nevada (large city setting), enrolling 235 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 235 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. Archaeological finds place the eastern border of the prehistoric Martis people in the Reno area. As early as the mid-1850s, a few pioneers settled in the Truckee Meadows, a relatively fertile valley through which the Truckee River made its way from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. Reno has several museums. The Nevada Museum of Art is the only American Alliance of Museums accredited art museum in Nevada and the largest collection of Land art. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Reno, NV
To the ocean: 135 miles
Nearest airport: 1 mile to Reno Tahoe (RNO) · major hub

How Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 66% · #9 of 23 in Nevada

First-year retention85%

Higher than 73%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,378

Higher than 10% · #22 of 22 in Nevada

Average net price$20,771

Cheaper than 29% · #11 cheapest of 25 in Nevada

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio26 : 1

Lower than 9%

Undergraduate enrollment235

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno 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 Nevada.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women22094%
Men156%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White39%
Black4.3%
Hispanic42%
Asian5.5%
Other or multiracial9.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 235
Student–faculty ratio: 26 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 58%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 47%
Median family income: $14,392

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: $20,771

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 85%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,829
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $22,378
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 64%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 18%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

73%

Low-income (Pell)

45%

First-generation

47%

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: Free

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

$20,114

$30–48k

$20,197

$48–75k

$21,545

$75–110k

$23,653

$110k+

$24,796

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?

Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno 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): $22,378
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 28%
Out-earn a HS grad: 20%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$22,553

Men

$19,566

Women out-earn men by $2,987 (15%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 94°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 7.4″
Annual snow: 20.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reno Tahoe Intl AP, NV US station (0.9 mi from campus).

What Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Reno graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

181 grads$15k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$8k debt

181$14,943$19,776$7,917

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.