by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Cosmetology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 107,895 people earned their degree in cosmetology, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, cosmetology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $17,007 and had an average of $10,898 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 12,458 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,981 and $10,453 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 cosmetology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Cosmetology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in cosmetology. To top this list, a school must have a successful cosmetology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Cosmetology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree cosmetology students.
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 Most Well Attended Cosmetology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate. Douglas Education Center is a small school located in Monessen, Pennsylvania that handed out 57 associates’s cosmetology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Cosmetology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for an Associate list. Located in Butler, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s cosmetology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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