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Nail tech program at Graduate America College
Garland, TX · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (972) 530-1103 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Middle States Commission on Secondary Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $5,800
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $752
- Listed cost
- $6,552
- LengthIPEDS
- 600 clock hours, 5 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 19
- 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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- $33,800
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About this program
Graduate America College awarded 19 nail tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 3 we list. Its listed tuition of $5,800 compares with a Texas median wage of $34,040 for manicurists and pedicurists (BLS, May 2025).
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