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Nail tech program at Metro Beauty Academy
Allentown, PA · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (610) 398-6227 · 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 (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $4,900
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $700
- Listed cost
- $5,600
- LengthIPEDS
- 300 clock hours, 3 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 17
- 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, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
- $30,050
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About this program
Metro Beauty Academy awarded 17 nail tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 3 we list. Its listed tuition of $4,900 compares with a Pennsylvania median wage of $27,990 for manicurists and pedicurists (BLS, May 2025).
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