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Largest nail technician manicurist programs in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania nail technician manicurist 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 | The Beauty Institute | Whitehall | For-profit, under 2-year | 35 |
| 2 | South Hills Beauty Academy | Pittsburgh | For-profit, under 2-year | 31 |
| 3 | Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork | Lancaster | For-profit, under 2-year | 29 |
| 4 | The Beauty Institute | Stroudsburg | For-profit, under 2-year | 29 |
| 5 | Altoona Beauty School Inc | Altoona | For-profit, under 2-year | 27 |
| 6 | Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | Washington | For-profit, 2-year | 27 |
| 7 | The Beauty Institute-Ambler | Ambler | For-profit, under 2-year | 25 |
| 8 | Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | For-profit, under 2-year | 20 |
| 9 | Metro Beauty Academy | Allentown | For-profit, under 2-year | 17 |
| 10 | The Salon Professional Academy | Collegeville | For-profit, under 2-year | 17 |
| 11 | Butler Beauty Academy | Kittanning | For-profit, under 2-year | 14 |
| 12 | Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology | Pittsburgh | For-profit, under 2-year | 9 |
| 13 | Bucks County School of Beauty Culture Inc | Feasterville | For-profit, under 2-year | 8 |
| 14 | Great Lakes Institute of Technology | Erie | For-profit, 2-year | 7 |
| 15 | Laurel Business Institute | Uniontown | For-profit, 2-year | 6 |
| 16 | Somerset County Technology Center | Somerset | Public, under 2-year | 3 |
| 17 | Venus Beauty Academy | Aston | For-profit, under 2-year | 2 |
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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