2025 Best Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor Schools in the Southwest Region
1College in the Southwest Region
193Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in cosmetology, barber/styling, & nail instructor. It is ranked #1181 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in the Southwest Region to review for the 2025 Best Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Best Schools for Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the cosmetology, barber/styling, and nail instructor degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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