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Cosmetology Schools in Arkansas

31 schools in Arkansas offer cosmetology-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Federal program data groups cosmetology with barbering — schools below may offer any of these.

Schools in Arkansas
31
Median net price / yr (Arkansas)
$12,728
national: $15,216
Median earnings (Arkansas)
$23,360
national: $28,378
Apprenticeship sponsors
0
earn while training

Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar

SchoolCityTypeNet price / yrCompletionEarnings (10 yr)
Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queenpublic$4,38542.3%$33,775
University of Arkansas Community College Rich MountainMenapublic$4,84250.7%$30,037
Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelenapublic$4,84849.1%$29,552
Arkansas State University-NewportNewportpublic$8,44443.6%$41,524
Arkansas State University Three RiversMalvernpublic$8,07049.5%$37,374
South Arkansas CollegeEl Doradopublic$7,48644.7%$34,521
University of Arkansas Community College-BatesvilleBatesvillepublic$8,04449.9%$33,706
Southern Arkansas University TechCamdenpublic$9,01854.4%$36,376
University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest Citypublic$7,22035.8%$28,471
Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellvillepublic$12,97052.4%$41,766
University of Aesthetics & CosmetologyEl Doradoprivate for-profit$9,63439.5%$26,754
Velvatex College of Beauty CultureLittle Rockprivate for-profit$6,90972.4%$17,412
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rockpublic$14,32729.7%$34,722
Arkansas Beauty CollegeRussellvilleprivate for-profit$8,98561.5%$16,857
Career Academy of Hair DesignSpringdaleprivate for-profit$12,72871.2%$21,567
Hot Springs Beauty CollegeHot Springsprivate for-profit$14,29438.5%$21,563
Paul Mitchell the School-ArkansasFayettevilleprivate for-profit$14,25770.5%$20,077
Paul Mitchell the School-Little RockNorth Little Rockprivate for-profit$18,35661.5%$24,765
Searcy Beauty CollegeSearcyprivate for-profit$14,94647.2%$19,896
Arthur's Beauty CollegeConwayprivate for-profit$17,08250%$21,954
Arthur's Beauty CollegeJacksonvilleprivate for-profit$18,20056.3%$21,954
Academy of Salon and SpaFort Smithprivate for-profit$14,25275.7%$16,941
New Tyler Barber College IncNorth Little Rockprivate for-profit$15,89841.3%$18,715
Arthur's Beauty CollegeJonesboroprivate for-profit$22,18752.9%$21,470
Arkansas Technical SchoolNorth Little Rockprivate for-profit$21,011not reported$16,209
Washington Barber College IncLittle Rockprivate for-profit$15,56388.9%$8,579
The Salon Professional AcademySherwoodprivate for-profit$11,62586.6%not reported
Designer Barber & Stylist SchoolFort Smithprivate for-profit$18,13774.3%not reported
Academy of Professional CosmetologyRogersprivate for-profit$19,51371.1%not reported
Northern Technical CollegePine Bluffprivate for-profit$10,73350%not reported
GoodFellas Barber CollegeLittle Rockprivate for-profit$12,22527.9%not reported

Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.

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Data: U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard (most recent release, pulled July 2026) + U.S. Dept of Labor apprenticeship.gov. Methodology & provenance. Independent site — not affiliated with any government agency.