Program Payoff

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services programs in Minnesota

20 schools in Minnesota teach this, at certificate or associate level. 12 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $33,138 at Saint Paul College.

What this work pays in Minnesota

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists in Minnesota earn a median of $39,170 a year across 5,320 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Minnesota
Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,0403,260
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$51,1602,530
Skincare Specialists$44,430920
Barbers$53,990260

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Saint Paul College Saint Paul Undergraduate certificate $7,597 $33,138 (28 grads) 121
Century College White Bear Lake Associate's degree $29,685 (11 grads) 3
Saint Paul College Saint Paul Associate's degree $28,960 (18 grads) 7
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis Minneapolis Undergraduate certificate $6,333 $25,713 (459 grads) 285
Ridgewater College Willmar Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $25,658 (16 grads) 23
Model College of Hair Design Saint Cloud Undergraduate certificate $8,454 $24,615 (78 grads) 68
PCI Academy-Plymouth Plymouth Undergraduate certificate $6,333 $24,035 (159 grads) 93
Avalon School of Cosmetology Worthington Undergraduate certificate $22,192 (20 grads) 17
Hastings Beauty School Hastings Undergraduate certificate $21,894 (23 grads) 9
Nova Academy of Cosmetology Rochester Undergraduate certificate $8,467 $21,356 (69 grads) 146
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington Bloomington Undergraduate certificate $12,500 $17,848 (900 grads) 89
Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park Spring Lake Park Undergraduate certificate $13,000 $17,251 (1,019 grads) 29
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls Undergraduate certificate $7,750 not published 23
Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls Undergraduate certificate $8,730 not published 18
Century College White Bear Lake Undergraduate certificate not published 33
Minnesota State College Southeast Winona Undergraduate certificate not published 31
Minnesota State College Southeast Winona Associate's degree not published 5
Ridgewater College Willmar Associate's degree not published 1
Riverland Community College Austin Undergraduate certificate not published 14
The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood Maplewood Undergraduate certificate not published

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.