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2023 Best Value Cosmetology Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,247 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Cosmetology School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Cosmetology Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for cosmetology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Cosmetology Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for cosmetology majors pursuing a .

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Cosmetology

Our 2023 rankings named Empire Beauty School-Warwick the best value school in Rhode Island for cosmetology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Warwick, Empire Beauty School-Warwick is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average amount in student loans that cosmetology majors at Empire Beauty School-Warwick take out is $14,194. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $80, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Our analysis found Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island to be the best value school for cosmetology students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cranston.

The average amount in student loans that cosmetology majors at Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island take out is $10,556. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $87.

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Our 2023 rankings named Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Cranston the best value school in Rhode Island for cosmetology students. Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Cranston is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cranston.

While working on their degree, cosmetology majors at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Cranston accumulate an average of around $11,500 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $102, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Cosmetology Colleges in the New England Region

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Cosmetology is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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