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Esthetician program at Universal Spa Training Academy
Downers Grove, IL · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (630) 968-6800 · 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 (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $17,300
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $700
- Listed cost
- $18,000
- LengthIPEDS
- 750 clock hours, 6 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 140
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 116 graduates
- $18,078
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $34,649
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $84 a month over 10 years
- $7,917
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $26,307
- Typical pay for skincare specialistsBLS OEWS May 2025, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- $45,330
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About this program
Universal Spa Training Academy awarded 140 esthetician credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 2 we list. Its listed tuition of $17,300 compares with a Illinois median wage of $45,330 for skincare specialists (BLS, May 2025).
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