Kredibbiltà
Cosmetology licence
About 125,000 people a year finish a cosmetology programme and borrow to do it. The work it leads to pays less than the typical American job, which means the cost is never recovered from a pay premium — because there isn't one.
Dak li jiswa biex tikseb — in-nofs tan-nofs tal-firxa.
L-ebda tul ta’ taħriġ wieħed — huwa stabbilit stat b’stat.
L-impjieg iħallas l-ebda primjum fuq l-impjieg tipiku tal-Istati Uniti, sabiex ma jkun hemm xejn għall-ispiża li għandhom jiġu rkuprati mill.
Fejn l-ebda ċifra ta’ hawn fuq ma tista’ tiġi vverifikata, ma nippubblikawx ebda ċifra iżda nippubblikaw stima.
Sors: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Ħarsa ġenerali
X’inhi dik il-figura tal-ispiża, u x’mhux
The federal programme code, CIP 12.04, covers cosmetology together with related grooming programmes such as nail technology and esthetics, so the range is not cosmetology alone. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Every state sets its own training-hour requirement and they range from roughly 1,000 to 2,100 hours — nine months to over a year full time. There is no national figure, and we will not average fifty different rules into one that no state actually uses.
Licences renew every one to two years, with a fee in every state.
Kemm-il persuna għandhom dan, u kemm huma jaħdmu fil-qasam
Aħna ma setgħux sors dan wieħed
Għal xi kredenzjali l-korp li joħroġhom jippubblika għadd kredibbli ta’ dawk li għandhomhom, u fejn dan iseħħ aħna nippubblikaw dan il-għadd flimkien man-numru ta’ persuni impjegati fix-xogħol. Ma jeżisti l-ebda għadd bħal dan għal din li nistgħu niċċekkjaw, għalhekk din il-paġna ma turi xejn. Aħna nippreferu nħallu l-vojt viżibbli milli nimlewh b’stima — denominatur ivvintat huwa agħar minn wieħed assent, għax ma jistax jiġi ċċekkjat.
There is no national count of licensed cosmetologists. Licensing is run by fifty separate state boards, no federal agency aggregates them, and the one industry body that collects licence records sells them and mixes US and Canadian data. So this page shows no denominator. We looked; it is not there.
X’ġara lill-persuni li spiċċaw it-taħriġ
Erba’ snin wara li tlestiet — ċifra għall-kodiċi tal-programm, mhux għal dan ix-xogħol biss
Ta’ 109,085 nies li temmew Cosmetology and personal grooming, undergraduate certificate or diploma u ma baqgħux jistudjaw erba' snin wara, 16,760 ma kellu l-ebda qligħ fuq rekord fil-livelli kollha — 15.4%. Dawk li kienu qed jaħdmu akkwistaw medjan ta’ $26,307, bin-nofs tan-nofs bejn $13,783 u $41,270.
“L-ebda qligħ irreġistrat” mhuwiex “min ma għandux impjieg”. Il-kejl huwa n-nuqqas ta’ kwalunkwe rekord ta’ paga u kwalunkwe dħul pożittiv minn impjieg indipendenti għas-sena kollha. Ħadd ma kien mistoqsi jekk riedx jaħdem, għalhekk il-kalkolu jżomm persuni li telqu mill-forza tax-xogħol b’għażla tagħhom — biex irabbu t-tfal, jieħdu ħsieb, jivvjaġġaw, jgħixu fuq id-dħul ta’ xi ħadd ieħor, imorru barra minn pajjiżhom — flimkien ma’ dawk kollha li riedu xogħol u ma kellhom ebda wieħed. Ħadd ma jippubblika l-qsim u aħna ma nistgħux naħsbu. Dak li jistabbilixxi huwa kemm-il persuna temmew dan it-taħriġ u ma kienu qed jaqilgħu xejn minnu jew minn xi ħaġa oħra erba’ snin wara, li huwa eżattament dak li ċ-ċifra tal-paga ta’ hawn fuq ma tistax tgħidlek.
U din il-figura mhijiex speċifika għal dan ix-xogħol. Il-gvern federali jippubblika r-riżultati tal-programm f'granularità b'erba 'ċifri u mhux aktar, u l-programmi ta' din il-kredenzjali jaqsmu l-kodiċi tagħhom ma 'oħrajn. Għalhekk il-figura tiddeskrivi lil kulħadd li lesta xi ħaġa taħt dak il-kodiċi f'dan il-livell, mhux biss il-persuni li marru jagħmlu din ix-xogħol.
X’jikkopri dak il-kodiċi tal-programm: CIP 12.04 is cosmetology together with barbering, nail technology, esthetics and related grooming programmes. They lead to different state licences and somewhat different pay, and the Department publishes no split. What they have in common is the thing this row shows: they are the largest sub-degree programme in the country by completions, and they have the worst four-year outcome of any programme on this page.
This is the worst outcome of any programme we can publish, on the largest sub-degree cohort in the country. Set it beside the cost above: people are borrowing for it.
Min hu fil-kohort: Il-popolazzjoni ta’ persuni li temmew l-istudji tagħhom u li rċevew għajnuna federali għall-istudenti — madwar nofs l-istudenti tal-ewwel sena fl-Istati Uniti, u n-nofs l-ieħor mhumiex imkejla hawnhekk. Nies li marru għal aktar studju mhumiex fl-ebda kolonna. Id-Dipartiment tneħħi istituzzjonijiet b’kohorti żgħar wisq biex tippubblika u żżid ħoss statistika għall-bqija, għalhekk dan huwa somma fuq l-istituzzjonijiet kbar biżżejjed biex tirrapporta: 788 ta’ dawn, irkupraw 81.8% tal-għadd nazzjonali tad-Dipartiment stess għal dan il-programm. Tneħħija tal-programmi rappurtar iżgħar timxi r-rata minn 0.1 punti perċentwali.
Sors: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Ħarsa ġenerali · l-istess figura għal kull programm nistgħu tippubblika
X'jħallik tagħmel
Il-paga tappartjeni għax-xogħol, mhux għall-kredenzjali, u dawn huma l-professjonijiet li tikkwalifika għalihom.
| Xogħol | Huwa meħtieġ? | Medjan | Impjegati |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | Legally required to hold the job | $35,790 | 305,710 |
Paga medjana u impjieg: BLS Statistika dwar l-Impjiegi u l-Paga Okkupazzjonali, Mejju 2025.
Tħallas għaliha nnifisha?
L-impjieg dan unlocks ma jħallas aktar mill-impjieg tipika US ladarba kull okkupazzjoni hija ppeżata minn kemm in-nies huma fiha. M'hemm l-ebda primjum ħlas, għalhekk m'hemm xejn għall-ispiża li jiġu rkuprati minn. Li ma jagħmilx il-kredenzjali worthless - jista 'jkun legalment meħtieġa, jew ir-rotta fix-xogħol inti pjuttost tagħmel - iżda dan ifisser li mhuwiex investiment li jirritorna flus kontanti.
X’għandek bżonn qabel ma tibda
- A place at a state-approved cosmetology school
- The state training-hour requirement, which varies widely
M’għandekx tagħmel dan jekk
- you are borrowing to pay for it — the work it leads to pays below the typical US job, so the debt has no pay premium to come out of
- you cannot stand for most of a working day
- you are counting on salon employment — much of this work is booth rental, which is self-employment with none of the guarantees
Il-kredenzjali kollha, skont il-perjodu ta’ ħlas lura · Kif jiġi kkalkulat dan · Fittex xi ħaġa oħra