COSMETOLOGY SCHOOLS IN NEW JERSEY — Federal Data, September 2026
Cosmetology Schools in New Jersey, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
17 accredited institutions in New Jersey report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 17 ranked programs in New Jersey, the median graduate needs 6.1 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $8,428, against median earnings of $16,954 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 6.8 months for this field, measured across the 987 institutions in our national cosmetology schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Artistic Academy of Hair Design in Morris Plains, at 3.8 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on New Jersey institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about cosmetology schools in New Jersey
The Ranking
17 cosmetology schools in New Jersey, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artistic Academy of Hair DesignMorris Plains, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $5,500 | $17,274 | 83% |
| 2 | Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & CosmetologyWayne, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.0 | $6,211 | $18,519 | 80% |
| 3 | Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North PlainfieldNorth Plainfield, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.4 | $8,248 | $22,676 | 67% |
| 4 | Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and WellnessVoorhees, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.5 | $6,333 | $16,954 | 94% |
| 5 | P B Cosmetology Education CenterGloucester, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 5.6 | $7,667 | $16,387 | 86% |
| 6 | Innovate Salon AcademySouth Plainfield, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 5.6 | $7,667 | $16,420 | 94% |
| 7 | Innovate Salon AcademyEwing, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 5.6 | $7,667 | $16,420 | 82% |
| 8 | Innovate Salon AcademyBrick Township, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 5.6 | $7,667 | $16,420 | n/a |
| 9 | Cutting Edge AcademySuccasunna, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 6.1 | $9,833 | $19,411 | 80% |
| 10 | Shore Beauty SchoolEgg Harbor Township, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 6.2 | $9,500 | $18,284 | 65% |
| 11 | Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinIselin, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 6.5 | $9,499 | $17,643 | 54% |
| 12 | Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New YorkWest New York, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 6.9 | $8,428 | $14,650 | 67% |
| 13 | Parisian Beauty SchoolHackensack, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 7.0 | $9,083 | $15,517 | 88% |
| 14 | Total Image Beauty AcademyUnion City, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 8.2 | $8,500 | $12,507 | 99% |
| 15 | Empire Beauty School-UnionUnion, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 10.3 | $15,765 | $18,408 | 44% |
| 16 | Empire Beauty School-BloomfieldBloomfield, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 10.3 | $15,765 | $18,408 | 37% |
| 17 | Empire Beauty School-Cherry HillCherry Hill, NJ | for-profit | Certificate | 10.7 | $14,492 | $16,251 | 57% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in New Jersey, one by one
Artistic Academy of Hair Design
Morris Plains, NJ
Artistic Academy of Hair Design is a private for-profit institution in Morris Plains. Its cosmetology graduates leave with a median federal debt of $5,500 and report median earnings of $17,274 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.8 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 2.3 months faster than the New Jersey state median of 6.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 83% completion rate.
Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology
Wayne, NJ
Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology is a private for-profit institution in Wayne. Its cosmetology graduates leave with a median federal debt of $6,211 and report median earnings of $18,519 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.0 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 2.1 months faster than the New Jersey state median of 6.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 80% completion rate.
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield
North Plainfield, NJ
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield is a private for-profit institution in North Plainfield. Its cosmetology graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,248 and report median earnings of $22,676 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.4 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the New Jersey state median of 6.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 67% completion rate.
Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness
Voorhees, NJ
Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness is a private for-profit institution in Voorhees. Its cosmetology graduates leave with a median federal debt of $6,333 and report median earnings of $16,954 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.5 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 1.6 months faster than the New Jersey state median of 6.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 94% completion rate.
P B Cosmetology Education Center
Gloucester, NJ
P B Cosmetology Education Center is a private for-profit institution in Gloucester. Its cosmetology graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,667 and report median earnings of $16,387 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 5.6 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.5 months faster than the New Jersey state median of 6.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 86% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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