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Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology

Oswego, Illinois Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit career and technical school based in Oswego, Illinois. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 136 students in fall 2024.

Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology offers certificates across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist and Cosmetology. It awarded 71 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 80% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Mission

Our staff of licensed instructors, combined with a state-licensed facility, is dedicated to job training for the beauty industry. Each student, after completing their course of training, will be able to demonstrate job entry skills in required subjects, take and pass a final school examination in both theoretical and practical skills and qualify for examination to obtain an Illinois license, if applicable.

Mission statement as reported by Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
136
Students enrolled
80%
First-year retention
71
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
3
Programs and majors
19:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 3

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 3

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
80%
First-year retention, part-time students
88%
Student-to-faculty ratio
19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
42
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
29

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
136
Undergraduates, fall 2024
136
Full-time, fall 2024
34%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
188
Full-time, 2024-25
34%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
98%
Men
2%
White
44%
Hispanic or Latino
37%
Black or African American
11%
Two or more races
7%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Continuous
Secretary-Treasurer
Wanda Zachary
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates

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