A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job

I live here in Iowa and the market is literally flooded with stylists. Which is one of the reasons wages are low and the education requirement is so high.

It sucks to make $9/hr, but the article doesn't mention tips which can bump that up quite a bit, easily to 15-20/hr. Also, a small but of research prior to choosing cosmetology school would have shown it's unlikely to be profitable for sometime considering the debt that will be incurred.

Predatory schools are one thing but I think the root problem here is that the public education isn't teaching how to think through the long term consequences of choices. Doing what you enjoy isn't always profitable.