Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services degree recipients are New York, NY, Bayamón, PR, and San Antonio, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services and the types of students that study this field. Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington awards the most degrees in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services, followed by Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup (189990).
Tuition costs for Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services majors are, on average, $3,150 for in-state public colleges, and $4,848 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services programs are Private for-profit, less-than 2-year institutions (1,043 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (92,919 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (92,919 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington has the most Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services degree recipients, with 1,847 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services.
Out of all institutions that offer Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services.
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 $61,220 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
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.
The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $61,220 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Personal & Culinary Services majors.
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.
The most common occupations Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
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 Embalmers & funeral attendants.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Personal & Culinary Services majors are Chief executives & legislators, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Lodging managers.
The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.03%, from 52,724 in 2021 to 53,796 in 2022.
The largest single share of Personal & Culinary Services graduates go on to work as Chefs & head cooks (16.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Personal & Culinary Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Restaurants & Food Services, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , and Traveler accommodation.
The highest paying industries of Personal & Culinary Services majors, by average wage, are Offices of physicians, Computer Systems Design, and Waste management & remediation services.
The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.03%, from 52,724 in 2021 to 53,796 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Personal & Culinary Services graduates by share is Restaurants & Food Services, followed by Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories . This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Personal & Culinary Services.
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.
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.
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 39.
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 (48,414 students).
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 4.95% and 4.6% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Certificate of less than 1 academic year.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Personal & Culinary Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in France that hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees (6.79 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (2,026 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, 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 Cosmetology & Personal Grooming Services 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
