Sweetwater Institute of Cosmetology: Majors

About

Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee
Website: www.sweetwatercosmetology.com
Undergraduates: 22
Student-faculty ratio: 7 : 1

Location

Sweetwater, Tennessee

Town near a city · about 40 mi from Knoxville

Nearest international airport

This collegeSweetwater
about 130 mi
BNANashville

Nashville International Airport

Top-ranked colleges nearbyBox: U.S. News rank

InternationalStudentsDirectionDistance
16 Vanderbilt University 14% 1,838 W about 140 mi
23 Emory University 18% 2,792 S about 130 mi
29 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 25% 13,496 S about 130 mi
34 Spelman College LAC 0.5% 16 S about 130 mi
49 The University of the South LAC 3.8% 66 W about 90 mi

National universities Liberal Arts Larger dots rank higher in U.S. News 4Several colleges close together (tap for the list) Other colleges Major city Tap a dot for rank and distance, tap again to open its page

Nearest international airport: the closest airport with at least four scheduled passenger flights a week to countries other than Canada and Mexico (US Department of Transportation data). Distances are straight-line.

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Certificate270 international (0.0%)

Top 1 Certificate majors by graduates

Cosmetology/Cosmetologist, General

27

U.S. studentsInternational

Students

22 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 5:95 · Freshman retention 95.0%

Continuing undergraduates 2
First-year undergraduates 20

Undergraduate race and ethnicity (22)

White

20 · 90.9%

Hispanic

2 · 9.1%

International Students

International share over the last 10 years

Undergraduates0.0%

0 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2023

20232025

Cost

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$460K

Tuition and fees

$279K60.7%

Sales and services of educational activities

$156K33.9%

Other

$25K5.4%

Expenses$350K

Instruction

$350K100.0%

Campus Life

Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA

No athlete data available for 2025.

No athlete data available for 2024.

No athlete data available for 2023.

Living in Sweetwater

Average monthly high and low (°F)

48 28 1

53 30 2

62 36 3

71 44 4

79 54 5

86 63 6

89 67 7

89 66 8

84 59 9

73 46 10

61 35 11

51 30 12

32–50°F50–64°F64–77°Fabove 77°Fcoloured by monthly mean temperature

Jan is the coldest month, averaging 28 to 48°F; Jul is the warmest, 67 to 89°F; 3.3 in of snow a year, 58 in of precipitation a year.

Community: 0.2%of residents in Monroe County are Asian; 2.2% were born outside the U.S. (nationwide: 6.0% and 14%)
Cost of living: 91.9price index for Tennessee (U.S. = 100): 8% below the national average; housing is 21% below
Rent: $557median one-bedroom rent in Monroe County; studio $532, two-bedroom $726, U.S. one-bedroom $1,235
Income: $56,895median household income in Monroe County (U.S. $80,734)

Data: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2020–2024; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities, 2024; NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Temperatures are from the Decatur 7ne weather station (about 10 mi away). Rent is the median gross rent (utilities included) across all renters; asking rents for new leases are usually higher.

Nearby & Safety

Ranked colleges nearby

Campus safety · incidents per 1,000 students

0.0 2023

0.0 2024

0.0 2025

References and Data Sources

Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.