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Largest cosmetology programs in New York
New York cosmetology programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire Beauty School | New York | For-profit, under 2-year | 211 |
| 2 | Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers | Nanuet | For-profit, under 2-year | 125 |
| 3 | Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge | Hauppauge | For-profit, under 2-year | 96 |
| 4 | Arrojo Cosmetology School | New York | For-profit, under 2-year | 76 |
| 5 | Shear Ego International School of Hair Design | Rochester | For-profit, under 2-year | 61 |
| 6 | Erie 1 BOCES | West Seneca | Public, under 2-year | 61 |
| 7 | Paul Mitchell the School | Schenectady | For-profit, under 2-year | 61 |
| 8 | Continental School of Beauty Culture | Mattydale | For-profit, under 2-year | 56 |
| 9 | American Beauty School | Bronx | For-profit, under 2-year | 55 |
| 10 | Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology | Albany | For-profit, under 2-year | 54 |
| 11 | Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York | New York | For-profit, under 2-year | 51 |
| 12 | Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead | Hempstead | For-profit, under 2-year | 48 |
| 13 | Brittany Beauty Academy | Levittown | For-profit, under 2-year | 46 |
| 14 | Grace International Beauty School | Flushing | For-profit, under 2-year | 46 |
| 15 | Career School of NY | Staten Island | Private nonprofit, under 2-year | 43 |
| 16 | Paul Mitchell the School-NYC | Staten Island | For-profit, under 2-year | 38 |
| 17 | Empire Beauty School-Peekskill | Peekskill | For-profit, under 2-year | 30 |
| 18 | Westchester School of Beauty Culture | Mount Vernon | For-profit, under 2-year | 29 |
| 19 | The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda | Tonawanda | For-profit, under 2-year | 29 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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