An associate degree in cosmetology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #90 out of 312 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the most popular for cosmetology students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 associate degrees in cosmetology to qualified students.
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Most Popular Schools for Associate Students to Study Cosmetology in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in cosmetology.
Most Well Attended Schools for Cosmetology Students Working on Their Associate
Every student who is interested in an associate degree in cosmetology has to check out Douglas Education Center. Douglas Education Center is a small private for-profit school located in the small suburb of Monessen. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for associate degrees in cosmetology in Pennsylvania.
Soon after graduating, cosmetology associate recipients generally earn about $16,300 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
