2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Make-Up Artist Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 797 people earned their degree in make-up artist/specialist, making the major the 1020th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 103 make-up artist/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 70 make-up artist/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent make-up artist/specialist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the make-up artist/specialist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The make-up artist 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 “Best Value Make-Up Artist Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Make-Up Artist Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree make-up artist students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Douglas Education Center

Monessen, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$28,128 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Douglas Education Center. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Make-Up Artist Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 70 associates’s make-up artist degrees in 2019-2020.

Douglas Education Center also made our “Best Make-Up Artist/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Douglas Education Center is $28,128 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Make-Up Artist students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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