Hair Styling & Design

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2019

773

declining 14.6%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

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Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

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Average Wage

$53,646

growing 10.7%

People in Workforce

62,485

growing 12.1%

Average Employee Age

38.1

growing 0.677%

About

The locations with the highest concentration of Hair Styling & Design degree recipients are Hackensack, NJ, Clarendon, TX, and Hialeah, FL. The locations with a relatively high number of Hair Styling & Design degree recipients are Hackensack, NJ, Clarendon, TX, and Grants Pass, OR. The most common degree awarded to students studying Hair Styling & Design is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Hair Styling & Design and the types of students that study this field. Parisian Beauty School awards the most degrees in Hair Styling & Design in the US, but European Academy of Cosmetology and Hairdressing and Parisian Beauty School have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design.

Tuition costs for Hair Styling & Design majors are, on average, $N/A for in-state public colleges, and $N/A for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Hair Styling & Design programs are Private for-profit, less-than 2-year institutions (50 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (463 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Hair Styling & Design

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (463 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Hair Styling & Design programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

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Median In-State Public

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Median Out of State Private

Parisian Beauty School has the most Hair Styling & Design degree recipients, with 184 degrees awarded in 2019.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Hair Styling & Design programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, European Academy of Cosmetology and Hairdressing and Parisian Beauty School have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design, with 100% and 62.6%, respectively.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Hair Styling & Design

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design by year.

Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Hair Styling & Design.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $53,646 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Cashiers.

The industry that employs the most Personal & Culinary Services majors is Restaurants & Food Services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

$53,646

Average Wage in Workforce

± $4,844

10.7%

1 Year Growth

± 12.6%

The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $53,646 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Cashiers.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Personal & Culinary Services majors.

Highest Paying Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

Highest Paying Pumas

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Personal & Culinary Services majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Personal & Culinary Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Occupations

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The most common occupations Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Cashiers.

Most Specialized

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Personal & Culinary Services majors working as Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Chefs & head cooks, and Firstline supervisors of food preparation & serving workers.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The highest paid occupations by median income for Personal & Culinary Services majors are Chief executives & legislators, General & operations managers, and Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.

Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

62,485

2019 Workforce

± 6,136

12.1%

1 Year Growth

± 12.8%

The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 12.1%, from 55,724 in 2018 to 62,485 in 2019.

The largest single share of Personal & Culinary Services graduates go on to work as Chefs & head cooks (15%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Personal & Culinary Services by share of the total number of graduates.

Industries

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The most common industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Restaurants & Food Services, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, and Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories .

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The highest paying industries of Personal & Culinary Services majors, by average wage, are Offices of physicians, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers, and Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories .

Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

62,485

2019 Workforce

± 6,136

12.1%

1 Year Growth

± 12.8%

The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 12.1%, from 55,724 in 2018 to 62,485 in 2019.

The industry which employs the most Personal & Culinary Services graduates by share is Restaurants & Food Services, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Personal & Culinary Services.

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Personal & Culinary Services majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Personal & Culinary Services majors.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Personal & Culinary Services in the United States. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services is 38.1, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Female employees are more likely to hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Personal & Culinary Services (303 students).

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

38.1

Average Age in 2019

± 1.13 Years

0.677%

1 Year Change

± 4.32%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 32 years old, which represent 8.83% and 6.73% of the population, respectively.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Hair Styling & Design are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Personal & Culinary Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (82.4%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Hair Styling & Design.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
303 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
282 degrees awarded
Black or African American
76 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Hair Styling & Design for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

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This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Hair Styling & Design. N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Hair Styling & Design is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

Most Common Countries of Origin

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Hair Styling & Design field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hair Styling & Design majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Hair Styling & Design majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Hair Styling & Design majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Service Orientation, and Social Perceptiveness are the three most important skills for people in the field.