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DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology

West Springfield, Massachusetts · Private for-profit career school

Cosmetology schoolsEsthetician schools
67%completion rate · Massachusetts avg 60%
not reportedmedian debt of graduates
$13,581median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$14,195median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$22,521annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (Accredited)
Address: 1578 Riverdale St, West Springfield, MA 01089 · Phone: (413) 827-0037 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, since lifted — Dec 2025 · Probation · National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences; Dec 2025 · Removal of Show Cause Status. 8 sanction actions in the window.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
DiGrigoli School of C… DiGrigoli School of C…: 66.7% 66.7% Massachusetts average Massachusetts average: 59.7% 59.7% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists$31,600$37,290$60,340
Skincare specialists$36,610$47,310$49,300

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Massachusetts (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 1–2 years 40 $16,701 $16,992 $7,545
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 3 $16,701 $16,992 $7,545

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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