A Quick Guide to Financial Aid
How federal aid works at Hays Academy of Hair Design: FAFSA school codes, Pell Grants and Stafford loans for cosmetology, scholarships, and why nail technology is not aid-eligible.
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How federal aid works at Hays Academy of Hair Design: FAFSA school codes, Pell Grants and Stafford loans for cosmetology, scholarships, and why nail technology is not aid-eligible.
What to ask any Kansas beauty school on a tour: state licensing, accreditation, total cost, outcome rates, class size, transfer hours and start dates, with Hays Academy's own answers.
For parents: what a Kansas cosmetology license takes, what Hays Academy costs, its NACCAS accreditation and its published graduation, placement and licensure rates.
The honest breakdown of two different licenses, and what your options really are in Kansas, including the one we don't offer.
About 11 months full-time. Here's the honest math on the 1,500 hours, the schedule that gets you there, and what can stretch the timeline.
Cosmetology school at Hays Academy of Hair Design is $18,900 all-in for 1,500 hours. Nail technology is $4,595. Itemized, with financial aid facts.
The whole path, step by step: requirements, the 1,500 hours, both state exams, and what it actually costs, with real Kansas numbers.
350 hours, about three months, $4,595 published, the fastest licensed path in the beauty industry, mapped step by step.
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Kellie Brown Admissions Director/Salon Coordinator, she's the one texting you. Kellie will text you real answers, cost, start dates, and a tour invite. No spam, no pressure. Skip the wait: call Hays at (785) 628-6624 or Salina at (785) 833-2280.
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