2025 Best Cosmetology Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
5,813Cosmetology Degrees Awarded
$17,300Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, cosmetology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #226 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of cosmetology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,813 degrees in cosmetology annually.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Cosmetology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Cosmetology in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of cosmetology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Johnson County Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in cosmetology. Located in the midsize city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Cosmetology degree recipients from Johnson County Community College receive an earnings boost of about $3,950 over the average earnings of cosmetology graduates.
It's hard to beat Ridgewater College if you wish to pursue a degree in cosmetology. Ridgewater College is a small public college located in the town of Willmar.
Degree recipients from the cosmetology degree program at Ridgewater College get $4,274 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).