Cosmetology isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #226 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Cosmetology Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,259 degrees in cosmetology annually.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Cosmetology Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the cosmetology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Clover Park Technical College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in cosmetology. CPTC is a small public college located in the city of Lakewood.
Degree recipients from the cosmetology major at Clover Park Technical College make $2,089 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Spokane Community College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in cosmetology. Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the midsize city of Spokane.
Graduates who receive their degree from the cosmetology program make an average of $17,869 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).