Cosmetology Schools in the Little Rock area

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area

Programs

4 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$27,790

hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$17,343

of 6 with a cost, IPEDS

Cosmetology Schools in the Little Rock area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Little Rock: 4 within 10 miles; nearest 3.4 miles, farthest 21.6 miles
Listed program cost: 6 of 7 list one: $17,343 to $19,950, middle $18,100 (IPEDS)
Program length: 6 colleges list a length: 11 months to 13 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 116 cosmetology awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
Pay here: $27,790 median for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists ($13.36 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $23,980 to $47,690; 470 employed in the metro area; Arkansas median $28,830 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College	North Little Rock	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	19	3.4
The Salon Professional Academy	Sherwood	Certificate	$18,100	11 months	29	4.8
Arkansas Technical School	North Little Rock	Certificate	$19,950	12 months	2	5.2
Velvatex College of Beauty Culture	Little Rock	Certificate	$18,000	13 months	3	6.5
Arthur's Beauty College	Jacksonville	Certificate	$17,343	13 months	25	10.9
Arkansas Beauty School-Little Rock	Little Rock	Certificate	$19,950	12 months	14	11.5
Arthur's Beauty College	Conway	Certificate	$17,343	13 months	24	21.6

WIOA in Arkansas: 909 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 2 of them Cosmetology.
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