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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: For-profit cosmetology graduates rarely earn more than high school grads
Description: In Illinois, hair stylists, barbers, nail techs and estheticians must have hundreds of hours of training to get their license.
80 percent of these beauty and cosmetology programs are run by for-profit companies. But after investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours, graduates are rarely better off than those with just a high school degree.
WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang has the story.
Host: LANE