2022 Best Value Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Cosmetology is the 238th most popular major in the country with 95,609 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, cosmetology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $15,675 and had an average of $10,029 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 2,665 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,167 and $9,939 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cosmetology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cosmetology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree cosmetology students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Cosmetology in Pennsylvania

#1

Douglas Education Center

Monessen, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$28,128 Average Net Price

$20,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Cosmetology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Douglas Education Center landed the #1 spot on the list. Douglas Education Center is a small school located in Monessen, Pennsylvania that handed out 70 associates’s cosmetology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Douglas Education Center, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Cosmetology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Douglas Education Center is $28,128 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Cosmetology students.

Read more about Cosmetology at Douglas Education Center

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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