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Barbering program at Cosmetology & Spa Academy
Crystal Lake, IL · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (815) 455-5900 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $23,000
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $2,000
- Listed cost
- $25,000
- LengthIPEDS
- 1,500 clock hours, 11 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 64
- Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services as one group at this school
- Not shown for this program alone
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $26,307
- Typical pay for barbersBLS OEWS May 2025, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- $49,700
Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.
About this program
Cosmetology & Spa Academy awarded 64 barbering credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 3 we list. Its listed tuition of $23,000 compares with a Illinois median wage of $65,430 for barbers (BLS, May 2025).
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