10-yr median earnings
$30,341
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Joliet, Illinois
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy is a private for-profit institution in Joliet, 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.
- 89.6%
- 150%-time completion
- $13,273
- Avg net price / yr
- $30,341
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 21st pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 89.6%
- 150%-time completion
- +51%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy 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
C
College Value Score
57/100
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy
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
$30,341
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B-
$13,273
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
89.6%
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
$13,273
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
89.6%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 89.6%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy 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 Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy 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.
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$30,341 21st percentile higher than 21% 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 | Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $30,341 | #4054 of 5103 | 21st |
| Average net price | $13,273 | #1759 of 5020 | 65th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 89.6% | #235 of 4858 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 53 | #4885 of 5462 | 11th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
53
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
89.6%
150%-time completion
$30,341
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy ranks in Illinois
State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $30,341 | #149 of 189 | 21st |
| Average net price | $13,273 | #78 of 179 | 56th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 89.6% | #8 of 171 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 53 | #177 of 201 | 12th |
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 |
| 149 | Professional's Choice Hair Design AcademyThis school | $30,341 | $13,273 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $13,273 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $13,655 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $12,191 |
31.5%
Pell Grant Rate
39.7%
Federal Loan Rate
2013–2023: what Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy costs has stayed close to flat
Average net price moved +22.3% over 10 years, from $13,157 to $16,092 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $13,1572023 · $16,092
Over the same years, enrollment went +18.4% (49 → 58 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
Outcomes
$20,060
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 89.6% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $20,060 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $30,341 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 14 | $37,203 | $8,645 |
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Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy? ▼
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy is a private for-profit institution in Joliet, Illinois. Undergraduate enrollment is 53 students.
How much do Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $30,341 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $20,060.
How much does Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy cost? ▼
The average net price at Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy is $13,273..
What is the graduation rate at Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy? ▼
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy has a 89.6% 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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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.