Private for-profit · Community college
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights
Glendale Heights, Illinois · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $24,384
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $27,330
- Median earnings
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Glendale Heights, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 132 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Glendale Heights, Illinois
Glendale Heights is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Midland Enterprises, run by Charles and Harold Reskin, started building houses in Glendale Heights in 1958. The Reskins bought two farms on Glen Ellyn Road north of North Avenue. Houses were first built on Glen Ellyn Road and Larry Lane near Fullerton Avenue. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 22 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 22 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights compares
Higher than 79%
Higher than 25% · #85 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 19% · #109 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 81%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 35%
Percentiles compare Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights 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
- Women12292%
- Men108%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White22%
- Black19%
- Hispanic43%
- Asian7.6%
- Other or multiracial8.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 132
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 55%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 26%
- Median family income
- $15,564
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
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- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
- $24,384
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
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- First-year retention
- 89%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,925
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,330
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,307
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 38%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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)
- $27,330
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,307
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 40.2″
- Annual snow
- 24.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lisle-Morton Arboretum, IL US station (6.4 mi from campus).
What Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Glendale Heights 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.