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Interesting article, but why single out cosmetology?

Artists, writers, musicians, etc. all pay hefty fees for school and most don't make great salaries. This is true for public schools, many have 4 year programs that end up costing much more than $21k.

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Artists, writers, and musicians generally do not require a state license to practice commercially. They can choose to attend expensive schools, but they aren't required to do so.

Cosmetologists, on the other hand, are required to obtain a license, and qualification for that license includes educational requirements, and in some states that education is provided by for-profit schools who have successfully made it so that you are required to attend an expensive school if you want to be a practicing cosmetologist.

Those subjects might also have problems, but this story is about cosmetology. Not every story needs to be about every problem at the same time. You can’t boil the ocean.