Best Cosmetology Schools in Texas (2022)
Choosing the right beauty school for your career goals and needs can be tricky, especially in states with many cosmetology school options.
To help you find the best program to launch your beauty career, we've compiled a list of the top 48 cosmetology schools in Texas, with information on training requirements, curriculum details, student reviews, and more.
Note: In May 2020, Texas approved the reduction of training hours from 1,500 to 1,000 for cosmetology operators. Some schools reduced their hours, while others chose for now to maintain their 1,500-hour programs.

Top Cosmetology Schools in Texas
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How We Ranked Texas Cosmetology Programs
The cosmetology schools ranked are accredited or state-approved to provide cosmetology programming according to the licensing requirements in the state. We researched schools that qualified as Title IV institutions and had an average of at least 25 students enrolled in the most recent 3 academic years of available data (2018 - 2020). These schools are all within 50 miles of a major city center and had a weighted 3-year average graduation rate (2018, 2019, and 2020) greater than 50%. After filtering for those requirements, we sorted the remaining programs by the highest weighted average graduation rate to determine the top 50 cosmetology schools in Texas.
Graduation rate and student enrollment data are from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reports. Schools with key data points missing from IPEDS reports may be omitted from the ranking, as are schools with data that is unattributable to its beauty programs. Many excellent educational institutions—including community colleges—offering a wide variety of vocational programs may, as a result, not be represented on these rankings of top beauty schools.
Editorial Transparency and Anti-Bias Statement
This program ranking and others on our site were created by Beauty Schools Directory editorial staff based on both proprietary and publicly available data. In providing this information for our readers, our team makes editorial decisions independent from any commercial partnerships with any educational institution.