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Cosmetology Schools in the Philadelphia area
18 cosmetology programs in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), listed by distance from Philadelphia.
Programs
18
6 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$37,320
hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$10,571
of 18 with a cost, IPEDS
Cosmetology programs, nearest to Philadelphia first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Beauty School-Springfield | Springfield, PA | Certificate | $17,000 | 9 months | 91 | 5.1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | $17,000 | 9 months | 91 | 5.2 |
| Jean Madeline Aveda Institute | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | $20,255 | 10 months | 114 | 6.3 |
| P B Cosmetology Education Center | Gloucester, NJ | Certificate | $19,200 | 10 months | 43 | 8.6 |
| Empire Beauty School-Cheltenham | Wyncote, PA | Certificate | $17,000 | 9 months | 62 | 9.4 |
| Cortiva Institute | King of Prussia, PA | Certificate | $15,545 | 11 months | 0 | 10.0 |
| Venus Beauty Academy | Aston, PA | Certificate | $21,000 | 14 months | 31 | 11.4 |
| Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill, NJ | Certificate | $17,520 | 9 months | 77 | 13.0 |
| The Beauty Institute-Ambler | Ambler, PA | Certificate | $19,550 | 9 months | 29 | 13.1 |
| Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness | Voorhees, NJ | Certificate | $18,550 | 10 months | 114 | 16.0 |
| Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | $17,000 | 9 months | 44 | 17.4 |
| Lansdale School of Cosmetology Inc | Lansdale, PA | Certificate | $17,812 | 12 months | 9 | 19.2 |
| The Salon Professional Academy | Collegeville, PA | Certificate | $17,050 | 10 months | 27 | 19.2 |
| Bucks County School of Beauty Culture Inc | Feasterville, PA | Certificate | $18,999 | 12 months | 27 | 19.3 |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education | Westampton, NJ | Certificate | $10,571 | 8 months | 16 | 23.5 |
| Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design | Newark, DE | Certificate | $15,642 | 12 months | 32 | 31.0 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware | Newark, DE | Certificate | $17,225 | 11 months | 33 | 32.5 |
| Hair Academy School of Barbering & BeautyWIOA list | Newark, DE | Certificate | $15,950 | 13 months | 2 | 33.0 |
The metro area is the federal (OMB) metropolitan statistical area, so suburbs count with their city. Miles are measured from the city's center to the school's address or ZIP code center.
Paying for training in the Philadelphia area
- WIOA in Pennsylvania: 1,470 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 4 of them Cosmetology.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Pennsylvania metro areas
- Pittsburgh area14 programs
- Allentown area4 programs
- Reading area3 programs
- York area3 programs