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Cosmetology Schools in Mississippi
28 schools in Mississippi 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.
Occupation pay is what working cosmetology professionals in Mississippi earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
Official license records related to cosmetology in Mississippi
From the U.S. Department of Labor's License Finder — these may include contractor, specialty, or related licenses beyond entry-level requirements:
- Cosmetologist — MS Board of Cosmetology
- Hair Braiders — MS State Dept. of Health~Professional Licensure Division~Office of Licensure
- Cosmetology Instructor — MS Board of Cosmetology
- Barber — MS Board of Barber Examiners
- Eye Enucleation — MS State Dept. of Health~Professional Licensure Division~Office of Licensure
- Manicurist — MS Board of Cosmetology
Wage and license data provided by CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) and Minnesota DEED.
Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Mississippi Community College | Summit | public | $2,525 | 46% | $33,227 |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College | Wesson | public | $3,894 | 45.1% | $31,241 |
| Hinds Community College | Raymond | public | $4,060 | 40.3% | $30,774 |
| East Mississippi Community College | Scooba | public | $4,608 | 38.3% | $33,772 |
| East Central Community College | Decatur | public | $5,240 | 43.8% | $32,421 |
| Holmes Community College | Goodman | public | $5,643 | 42.9% | $32,922 |
| Jones County Junior College | Ellisville | public | $6,048 | 32.7% | $33,377 |
| Pearl River Community College | Poplarville | public | $6,532 | 37.7% | $33,019 |
| Meridian Community College | Meridian | public | $6,351 | 36% | $31,002 |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | Perkinston | public | $6,962 | 36.5% | $33,017 |
| Northwest Mississippi Community College | Senatobia | public | $7,911 | 30.7% | $36,396 |
| Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology | Clinton | private for-profit | $8,616 | not reported | $28,148 |
| Blue Cliff College-Gulfport | Gulfport | private for-profit | $8,252 | 70% | $22,177 |
| Delta Technical College-Mississippi | Horn Lake | private for-profit | $18,032 | 69% | $33,601 |
| The Academy of Hair Design Six | Hattiesburg | private for-profit | $17,138 | not reported | $22,706 |
| Traxlers School of Hair | Jackson | private for-profit | $12,520 | not reported | $16,249 |
| Mississippi Barber Academy | Jackson | private for-profit | $17,356 | 62.9% | $22,284 |
| Academy of Hair Design-Pearl | Pearl | private for-profit | $16,468 | not reported | $19,921 |
| Academy of Hair Design-Grenada | Grenada | private for-profit | $18,742 | 74.3% | $22,284 |
| Corinth Academy of Cosmetology | Corinth | private for-profit | $23,198 | 36% | $25,685 |
| Chris Beauty College | Gulfport | private for-profit | $21,858 | 80.2% | $18,468 |
| Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty Culture | Laurel | private for-profit | $25,753 | 79.4% | $13,849 |
| Coahoma Community College | Clarksdale | public | $-274 | 32.9% | $24,289 |
| Fosters Cosmetology College | Ripley | private for-profit | $18,334 | 86% | not reported |
| Vaughn Beauty College | Aberdeen | private for-profit | $12,020 | not reported | not reported |
| KC's School of Hair Design | Pontotoc | private for-profit | $10,214 | 84.6% | not reported |
| Unlimited Cosmetology School | Hattiesburg | private for-profit | $19,504 | 59.5% | not reported |
| Upper Kutz Barber & Style College | Greenville | private for-profit | $26,734 | not reported | not reported |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not cosmetology graduates specifically. Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
Common questions: Cosmetology school in Mississippi
- How much do Cosmetology schools cost in Mississippi?
- The median annual net price (what students actually pay after aid) across 28 cosmetology schools in Mississippi is $9,415. Individual schools range widely — the table above shows each school's real cost, not sticker price.
- What does a cosmetology earn in Mississippi?
- Working cosmetology professionals in Mississippi earn a median of $27,560 per year, ranging from about $17,370 to $58,790 (U.S. Department of Labor). This is what people in the job earn, which differs from a school's reported graduate-earnings figure.
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