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Nail tech program at Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex
Baltimore, MD · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (443) 503-8630 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (under 12 weeks)
- $2,600
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $650
- Listed cost
- $3,250
- LengthIPEDS
- 250 clock hours, 5 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 8
- 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, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- $37,590
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About this program
Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex awarded 8 nail tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 2 we list. Its listed tuition of $2,600 compares with a Maryland median wage of $37,300 for manicurists and pedicurists (BLS, May 2025).
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