2025 Best General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
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Colleges in the Southeast Region
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Associate Degrees
an associate degree in
general cosmetology/cosmetologist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #126 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 292 associate degrees in general cosmetology/cosmetologist during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist School for Your Associate Degree
The general cosmetology associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general cosmetology/cosmetologist students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general cosmetology/cosmetologist students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general cosmetology/cosmetologist related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general cosmetology/cosmetologist students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.