2023 Best Value Cosmetology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Cosmetology Associate Degree School for You

Cosmetology is the #214 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 60 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Cosmetology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Cosmetology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Cosmetology Associate Degree School

#1

Douglas Education Center

Monessen, PA

57 Associate Degrees

$17,950 Average Tuition & Fees

$21,002 Average Earnings

Our analysis found Douglas Education Center to be the best value school for cosmetology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Douglas Education Center is a small private for-profit school located in the small suburb of Monessen.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Douglas Education Center are $17,950 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, cosmetology majors at Douglas Education Center accumulate an average of around $17,938 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $424, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

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

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