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Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$1,858 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Cosmetology Basic Certificate School for You

Cosmetology is the most popular major in New Mexico with 956 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New Mexico to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for cosmetology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Check out the cosmetology basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Cosmetology

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for cosmetology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in New Mexico. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Aveda Institute - New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aveda Institute - New Mexico. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, Aveda Institute - New Mexico is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Albuquerque. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Albuquerque is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Olympian Academy of Cosmetology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value cosmetology schools in New Mexico. Located in the town of Alamogordo, Olympian Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Cosmetology Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Vogue College of Cosmetology-Santa Fe is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Santa Fe.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Rio Rancho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value cosmetology schools in New Mexico. Located in the large suburb of Rio Rancho, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Rio Rancho is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Cosmetology Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Cosmetology Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,673
Texas 10,777
Oklahoma 1,553

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, cosmetology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Cosmetology Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist 50,210
Aesthetician/Esthetician & Skin Care Specialist 40,040
Nail Technician/Specialist & Manicurist 13,960
Barbering/Barber 9,893
Facial Treatment Specialist/Facialist 2,907
Other Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Arts 2,184
Master Aesthetician/Esthetician 1,729
Hair Styling/Stylist & Hair Design 1,238
Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, & Nail Instructor 1,230
Make-Up Artist/Specialist 440
Electrolysis/Electrology & Electrolysis Technician 354
Salon/Beauty Salon Management/Manager 336
Permanent Cosmetics/Makeup & Tattooing 90

Related Major Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts 22,075
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,186
Casino Operations and Services 385
Other Personal & Culinary Services 95

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Tiffany Bumgardner.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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