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Largest cosmetology programs in the United States
U.S. 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 | NUC University | Bayamon | For-profit, 4-year | 2,869 |
| 2 | Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington | Covington | For-profit, under 2-year | 1,941 |
| 3 | Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett | Everett | For-profit, under 2-year | 994 |
| 4 | Douglas J Aveda Institute | East Lansing | For-profit, 2-year | 832 |
| 5 | Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup | New York | For-profit, under 2-year | 786 |
| 6 | Aveda Institute-South Florida | Davie | For-profit, under 2-year | 746 |
| 7 | Celebrity School of Beauty | Miami | For-profit, under 2-year | 582 |
| 8 | Aveda Institute-Tallahassee | Clearwater | For-profit, under 2-year | 557 |
| 9 | Asian-American International Beauty College | Westminster | For-profit, under 2-year | 548 |
| 10 | Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin | Las Vegas | For-profit, under 2-year | 544 |
| 11 | Studio Academy of Beauty | Chandler | For-profit, under 2-year | 539 |
| 12 | Advance Beauty College | Garden Grove | For-profit, under 2-year | 483 |
| 13 | Milan Institute | Clovis | For-profit, under 2-year | 434 |
| 14 | Penrose Academy | Scottsdale | For-profit, under 2-year | 419 |
| 15 | IBMC College | Fort Collins | For-profit, 2-year | 414 |
| 16 | Elaine Sterling Institute | Atlanta | For-profit, under 2-year | 401 |
| 17 | Century College | San Juan | For-profit, under 2-year | 401 |
| 18 | Paul Mitchell the School-Sacramento | Sacramento | For-profit, under 2-year | 387 |
| 19 | Ogle School Hair Skin Nails | Stafford | For-profit, under 2-year | 382 |
| 20 | Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | Valdosta | Public, 2-year | 381 |
| 21 | G Skin & Beauty Institute | Schaumburg | For-profit, under 2-year | 380 |
| 22 | Georgia Career Institute | Conyers | For-profit, under 2-year | 368 |
| 23 | Olympian Academy of Cosmetology | LAS CRUCES | For-profit, under 2-year | 362 |
| 24 | Aveda Fredric's Institute-Cincinnati | West Chester | For-profit, under 2-year | 356 |
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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