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Cosmetology program at Union County Vocational Technical School
Scotch Plains, NJ · Public less-than-2-year · (908) 889-8288 · 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 (1 to under 2 years)
- $5,500
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $440
- Listed cost
- $5,940
- LengthIPEDS
- 990 clock hours, 10 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 33
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
- Not published (small cohort)
- Typical pay for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologistsBLS OEWS May 2025, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- $36,120
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About this program
Union County Vocational Technical School awarded 33 cosmetology credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $5,500 compares with a New Jersey median wage of $36,150 for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists (BLS, May 2025).
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