2023 Most Popular Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 566 people earned their degree in make-up artist/specialist, making the major the 1072nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 45 make-up artist/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist in the Southwest Region

1

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

$36,738 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,479 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified ’s make-up artist students in 2020-2021.

Full SJC Make-Up Artist/Specialist Report

2

MediaTech Institute - Dallas
Dallas, Texas

$17,700 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,111 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MediaTech Institute - Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Make-Up Artist Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s make-up artist degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Make-Up Artist/Specialist at MediaTech Institute - Dallas

• Most Popular Colleges for Make-Up Artist/Specialist

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Tiffany Bumgardner.