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Nail tech program at Ideal Beauty Academy
Louisville, KY · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (502) 290-4700 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS)
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $4,950
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $1,300
- Listed cost
- $6,250
- LengthIPEDS
- 450 clock hours, 4 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 1
- 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, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
- $46,340
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About this program
Ideal Beauty Academy awarded 1 nail tech credential in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 3 we list. Its listed tuition of $4,950 compares with a Kentucky median wage of $45,310 for manicurists and pedicurists (BLS, May 2025).
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