Most Popular Schools for Make-Up Artist/Specialist Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to professionally apply cosmetic makeup preparations and perform complete and specialized appearance makeovers including hairdressing, wig work, masking, temporary prosthesis applications, cosmetic applications, and related costuming for leisure or for professional stage, camera, clinical, or security purposes. Includes instruction in period and contemporary hairstyling and costuming; wig work and hairpiece application; synthetic hair and masks; cosmetic preparations and treatments; makeup artistry; attachment, removal, and camouflaging of prostheses; health and safety; client consultation and care; pre- and post-production operations; set and crew conduct and relations; script, instruction, and prescription interpretation; labor relations; and business practices.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Make-up Designory	596	100%	N/A
2	Elegance International	216	100%	N/A
3	Douglas Education Center	97	47%	$22,635
4	L Makeup Institute	70	100%	N/A
5	Boca Beauty Academy	61	22%	N/A
6	Blush School of Makeup	43	100%	N/A
7	Instituto Educativo Premier	39	14%	N/A
8	Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology-Seattle	38	64%	N/A
9	Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Irving	35	49%	N/A
10	Bellus Academy-Chula Vista	33	27%	N/A
11	Celebrity School of Beauty	30	11%	N/A
12	Bellus Academy-Poway	29	8%	N/A
13	Brittany Beauty Academy	25	16%	N/A
14	La Belle Beauty School	24	10%	N/A
15	Clary Sage College	24	9%	N/A
16	Lu Ross Academy	23	9%	N/A
17	Emma's Beauty Academy-Juana Diaz	22	13%	N/A
18	Century College	20	10%	$7,575
19	Prestige Health & Beauty Sciences Academy	13	19%	N/A
20	International Academy	12	15%	N/A
21	Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady	12	10%	N/A
22	Emma's Beauty Academy-Mayaguez	12	8%	N/A
23	Montclair State University	10	0%	$31,704
24	Beauty Schools of America	10	4%	N/A
25	Colleen O'Haras Beauty Academy	9	16%	N/A
26	Beauty Schools of America-Homestead	6	2%	N/A
27	Beauty Schools of America-Miami	5	2%	N/A
28	Beauty Schools of America-Hialeah	5	2%	N/A
29	Institucion Chaviano de Mayaguez	5	9%	$8,379
30	Beauty Academy of South Florida	3	3%	N/A
31	Health And Style Institute	3	2%	$8,850
32	Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego	2	1%	N/A
33	Caribbean University-Bayamon	2	1%	$6,696
34	Dermal Science International Aesthetics and Nail Academy	1	1%	N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Make-Up Artist/Specialist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.