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Nail tech program at Elaine Sterling Institute
Atlanta, GA · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $10,200
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $1,058
- Listed cost
- $11,258
- LengthIPEDS
- 600 clock hours, 6 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 66
- Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services as one group at this school
- Not shown for this program alone
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $26,307
- Typical pay for manicurists and pedicuristsBLS OEWS May 2025, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- $27,190
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About this program
Elaine Sterling Institute awarded 66 nail tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 5 we list. Its listed tuition of $10,200 compares with a Georgia median wage of $26,910 for manicurists and pedicurists (BLS, May 2025).
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