2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist

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Make-Up Artist/Specialist is the 1072nd most popular major in the country with 566 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 make-up artist/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Make-Up Artist Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in make-up artist/specialist. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in make-up artist/specialist.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Make-Up Artist Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree make-up artist students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist

1

Douglas Education Center
Monessen, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Douglas Education Center. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Make-Up Artist Major. Located in Monessen, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified associates’s make-up artist students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Make-Up Artist/Specialist at Douglas Education Center

2

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Make-Up Artist Major list. San Juan College is located in Farmington, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s make-up artist degrees to qualified students.

Full SJC Make-Up Artist/Specialist Report

3

MediaTech Institute - Dallas
Dallas, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Make-Up Artist Major. MediaTech Institute - Dallas is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Make-Up Artist/Specialist at MediaTech Institute - Dallas

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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