10-yr median earnings
$20,303
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Niles, Illinois
Cosmetology Concepts Niles
Cosmetology Concepts Niles is a private for-profit institution in Niles, Illinois. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 62.1%
- 150%-time completion
- $21,916
- Avg net price / yr
- $20,303
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Cosmetology Concepts Niles posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 4th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 62.1%
- 150%-time completion
- -20%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Cosmetology Concepts Niles profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
F
College Value Score
31/100
Cosmetology Concepts Niles
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$20,303
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$21,916
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C
62.1%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$21,916
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
62.1%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 62.1%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Cosmetology Concepts Niles vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Cosmetology Concepts Niles ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Cosmetology Concepts Niles: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$20,303 4th percentile higher than 4% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Cosmetology Concepts Niles | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $20,303 | #4920 of 5103 | 4th |
| Average net price | $21,916 | #3443 of 5020 | 31st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 62.1% | #2048 of 4858 | 58th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 31 | #5194 of 5462 | 5th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
31
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
62.1%
150%-time completion
$20,303
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Cosmetology Concepts Niles ranks in Illinois
State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Cosmetology Concepts Niles | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $20,303 | #185 of 189 | 2nd |
| Average net price | $21,916 | #137 of 179 | 23rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 62.1% | #71 of 171 | 58th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 31 | #190 of 201 | 5th |
Highest former-student earnings in Illinois
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamberlain University-Illinois | $92,405 | $31,837 |
| 2 | University of Chicago | $91,885 | $14,860 |
| 3 | Northwestern University | $89,363 | $29,167 |
| 4 | St. John's College | $86,331 | - |
| 5 | Lakeview College of Nursing | $84,522 | - |
| 6 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $82,592 | $18,425 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $81,054 | $14,355 |
| 8 | Saint Anthony College of Nursing | $77,709 | - |
| 9 | Rush University | $75,194 | - |
| 10 | Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | $72,850 | - |
| 11 | Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | $72,430 | - |
| 12 | Loyola University Chicago | $71,530 | $36,079 |
| 185 | Cosmetology Concepts NilesThis school | $20,303 | $21,916 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $21,916 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $21,758 |
40.3%
Pell Grant Rate
31.9%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Cosmetology Concepts Niles swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $3,447 to $11,688 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +44.7%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$3,447
Highest year
$11,688
Most recent (2023)
$11,688
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $8,0772023 · $11,688
Over the same years, enrollment went -29.5% (78 → 55 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
65.0%
First Generation
Outcomes
$25,473
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 62.1% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $25,473 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $20,303 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 9 | $21,494 | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Cosmetology Concepts Niles? ▼
Cosmetology Concepts Niles is a private for-profit institution in Niles, Illinois. Undergraduate enrollment is 31 students.
How much do Cosmetology Concepts Niles former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Cosmetology Concepts Niles who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $20,303 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $25,473.
How much does Cosmetology Concepts Niles cost? ▼
The average net price at Cosmetology Concepts Niles is $21,916..
What is the graduation rate at Cosmetology Concepts Niles? ▼
Cosmetology Concepts Niles has a 62.1% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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