2024 Best Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor Associate Degree Schools
2Colleges in the United States
30Associate Degrees
Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor is about average in terms of popularity for associate degrees programs. That is, it ranks #554 out of the 1020 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor Associate Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 associate degrees in cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor students working on their associate degree.
The cosmetology, barber/styling, and nail instructor school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor Associate Degree Schools.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor.
Top Schools for an Associate in Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
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).