TX · Less than two-year
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-La Joya ↗
La Joya, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 11 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
CIP 12.0409 · CLASSIFICATION 2020
A program that prepares individuals to cleanse, depilate, massage, and beautify the human body and to function as licensed estheticians and skin care specialists. Includes instruction in skin anatomy, physiology, and health; principles of nutrition; decontamination and infection control; health and safety; facial and body massage; body wrapping and spa treatments; temporary hair removal including waxing and tweezing; color and skin analysis; client consultation and care; applicable laws and regulations; business practices; and sometimes related alternative healing regimens.
These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.
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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.
Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 12.0409. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.
| Year ending | Award level | Reporting institutions | Positive awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Certificate 1–2 years | 79 | 3,907 |
| 2025 | Associate degree | 2 | 65 |
| 2025 | Post-master certificate | 1 | 46 |
| 2025 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 14 | 262 |
| 2025 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 667 | 33,939 |
| 2024 | Certificate 1–2 years | 71 | 3,722 |
| 2024 | Associate degree | 4 | 62 |
| 2024 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 12 | 313 |
| 2024 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 642 | 38,659 |
| 2023 | Certificate 1–2 years | 70 | 3,829 |
| 2023 | Associate degree | 5 | 62 |
| 2023 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 11 | 285 |
| 2023 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 627 | 38,821 |
| 2022 | Certificate 1–2 years | 61 | 3,340 |
| 2022 | Associate degree | 3 | 43 |
| 2022 | Certificate 2–4 years | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 9 | 299 |
| 2022 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 620 | 36,354 |
| 2021 | Certificate 1–2 years | 59 | 2,459 |
| 2021 | Associate degree | 2 | 66 |
| 2021 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 8 | 247 |
| 2021 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 601 | 28,798 |
| 2020 | Certificate 1–2 years | 62 | 2,305 |
| 2020 | Associate degree | 2 | 33 |
| 2020 | Certificate under 12 weeks | 8 | 208 |
| 2020 | Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year | 576 | 21,961 |
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CIP 12.0409 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 12 can involve different curricula and award levels.
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874 institutions
TX · Less than two-year
La Joya, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 11 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
TX · Less than two-year
McAllen, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 24 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
TX · Less than two-year
San Antonio, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 3 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
CO · Less than two-year
Denver, CO · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 9 first-major awards · year ending 2024.
CO · Less than two-year
Englewood, CO · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 11 first-major awards · year ending 2022.
FL · Two-year
Sweetwater, FL · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 10 first-major awards · year ending 2021.
CA · Less than two-year
Los Angeles, CA · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 13 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
IL · Less than two-year
Downers Grove, IL · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 115 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
AR · Less than two-year
El Dorado, AR · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 14 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
IL · Less than two-year
Chicago, IL · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 45 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
AR · Two-year
Mena, AR · Public
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 17 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
IL · Less than two-year
Springfield, IL · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 31 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
NM · Less than two-year
Rio Rancho, NM · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 2 first-major awards · year ending 2022.
FL · Less than two-year
Sebring, FL · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 21 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
MS · Less than two-year
Aberdeen, MS · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 12 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
PA · Less than two-year
Aston, PA · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 13 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
WI · Two-year
Greenfield, WI · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 42 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
CA · Less than two-year
Carson, CA · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 30 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
TX · Less than two-year
San Antonio, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 24 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
TX · Less than two-year
McAllen, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 118 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
TX · Less than two-year
San Antonio, TX · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 9 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
NM · Less than two-year
Santa Fe, NM · Private for-profit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 19 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
SC · Less than two-year
Charleston, SC · Private nonprofit
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 17 first-major awards · year ending 2025.
NC · Two-year
Raleigh, NC · Public
Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2025.