2023 Most Popular Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

This year’s “Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in make-up artist/specialist. To top this list, a school must have a successful make-up artist/specialist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major

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

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist

1

Douglas Education Center
Monessen, Pennsylvania

$17,448 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,934 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Douglas Education Center. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major list. Located in Monessen, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school awarded 57 diplomas to qualified ’s make-up artist students in 2020-2021.

Full Douglas Education Center Make-Up Artist/Specialist Report

2

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

$36,738 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,479 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major. San Juan College is located in Farmington, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s make-up artist degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Make-Up Artist/Specialist at SJC

3

MediaTech Institute - Dallas
Dallas, Texas

$17,700 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,111 Average Student Debt

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 Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major. MediaTech Institute - Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 0 ’s make-up artist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MediaTech Institute - Dallas Make-Up Artist/Specialist Report

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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