Fort Worth, Texas
Cosmetology Schools in Fort Worth, TX, Ranked (2026)
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Edited by Zoe MacDougall, BS in Psychology
Ten cosmetology schools in Fort Worth and the towns around it report completion figures to the federal government, and that is what the list below ranks. Only one of the ten has a Fort Worth address. The rest sit 9 to 27 miles out, in Hurst, Arlington, Bedford, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lewisville and Dallas. Three more were too small to rank.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation lists 17 licensed schools at Fort Worth addresses, and none of them turn up in the federal file. That is normal. Most beauty schools are clock-hour schools that never reported to it in the first place. So your real shortlist is longer than this ranking, and the ranking is where the outcome numbers live.
Figures in this section: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; BLS OEWS, May 2025; College Scorecard, June 2026.
The 10 Cosmetology Schools in and Near Fort Worth, Ranked on Completion
13 cosmetology programs report to the US Department of Education from inside Fort Worth or within 30 miles of downtown. 10 of them had at least 40 students and a published completion figure, and they are ordered on the share of students who finish within half again the program's normal length. The other 3 had too few students to rank, so the list stops at 10.
Where a school's board record was matched, the card carries it. A school that appears here without one is not unlicensed; it means the board's file and the federal file did not agree on its name, and the Texas page links the board's own lookup.
| # | School | Miles | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth | 7 | 82% |
| 2 | Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst | 9 | 75% |
| 3 | The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville | 27 | 75% |
| 4 | Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington | 11 | 72% |
| 5 | MediaTech Institute-Dallas | 27 | 70% |
| 6 | Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology | 21 | 67% |
| 7 | Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington | 14 | 62% |
| 8 | DuVall's School of Cosmetology | 12 | 57% |
| 9 | Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas | 19 | 50% |
| 10 | Michael's Barber & Hair Stylist Academy | 21 | 48% |
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#1
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth
Fort Worth, TX · Cosmetology Private School
82%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2026-09
- $15,700 program cost
What the record shows
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth operates in Arlington under license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Arlington has 25 licensed schools, so there is a real choice locally. 82 percent of its students finish, out of 500 enrolled in the fall count. Tuition is reported at $15,700 for the full program. Ogle School Hair Skin Nails campuses share a debt figure in the federal file, $7,917 in federal loans at the median over 886 borrowers, so read it as the chain's number rather than this floor's. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $84 a month. 14 points more of its students finish than the 68 percent median, priced exactly at the $15,700 median, so you pay the going rate for better than average odds of getting through. It awarded 354 beauty credentials in the reporting year. The board files it under license 705497; that record, not this one, is what makes your hours count.
Where it leads
Around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median cosmetologist earns $33,960, the bottom tenth $26,560 and the top tenth $60,150. The metro median is about 11 percent above the Texas figure. Neither end of this market is extreme: the top tenth earns about 1.8 times the median and the floor sits 22 percent under it, which makes the first year a budget question rather than a survival one. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington employs the trade at close to the national rate, around 6,630 people.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#2
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst
Hurst, TX · Cosmetology Private School
75%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2026-09
- $15,700 program cost
What the record shows
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst trains in Arlington, licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. With 25 licensed schools in Arlington, this one is competing for students rather than the only option. 75 percent of students see the course through, out of 273 enrolled. Tuition is reported at $15,700 for the full program. Borrowing is pooled across Ogle School Hair Skin Nails campuses in the federal file, 730 borrowers at a median of $7,917 in federal loans. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $84 a month. 7 points more of its students finish than the 68 percent median, priced exactly at the $15,700 median, so you pay the going rate for better than average odds of getting through. It awarded 163 beauty credentials in the reporting year. The board files it under license 705492; that record, not this one, is what makes your hours count.
Where it leads
For cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the range runs $26,560 to $60,150 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles, with a median of $33,960. Against the state as a whole, the metro runs roughly 11 percent higher on median pay. A 2.3-to-one spread from bottom to top is ordinary for the trade, and here as everywhere the top belongs to a client book. The occupation is about as common around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington as it is nationally.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#3
The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville
Lewisville, TX · Cosmetology Private School
75%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2026-12
- $16,750 program cost
What the record shows
Based in Lewisville, The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville is on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation register. Lewisville has 5 licensed schools, so there is a real choice locally. The school graduates 75 percent, on a fall headcount of 132. Tuition is reported at $16,750 for the full program. 126 graduates borrowed, at a median of $7,917 in federal loans. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $84 a month. 7 points more of its students finish than the 68 percent median, priced within 7 percent of the $15,700 median, so you pay the going rate for better than average odds of getting through. 91 students completed a credential here in the reporting year. License 702774 is the board's entry for it, and that is the record to confirm is still current before a deposit.
Where it leads
Pay for cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington runs from $26,560 at the tenth percentile to $60,150 at the ninetieth, with a median of $33,960. The metro median is about 11 percent above the Texas figure. Neither end of this market is extreme: the top tenth earns about 1.8 times the median and the floor sits 22 percent under it, which makes the first year a budget question rather than a survival one. On concentration, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is unremarkable, tracking the national rate closely.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#4
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington
Arlington, TX · Cosmetology Private School
72%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2026-09
- $15,700 program cost
What the record shows
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington trains in Arlington, licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Arlington has 25 licensed schools, so there is a real choice locally. 72 percent of students see the course through, out of 374 enrolled. The published cost is $15,700 for the full program. Ogle School Hair Skin Nails campuses share a debt figure in the federal file, $7,917 in federal loans at the median over 850 borrowers, so read it as the chain's number rather than this floor's. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $84 a month. Completion and price both sit near the page's middle, 72 percent against 68 and $15,700, exactly the median. Nothing federal separates it, so the clinic floor and the board file will. It awarded 245 beauty credentials in the reporting year. Its board record is license 705495, and that entry is the one that counts your hours.
Where it leads
Pay for cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington runs from $26,560 at the tenth percentile to $60,150 at the ninetieth, with a median of $33,960. The metro median is about 11 percent above the Texas figure. An ordinary shape: the top tenth at 1.8 times the median and a floor 22 percent below it, so a good first year and a good tenth year here are separated by a client book rather than by a cliff. The occupation is about as common around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington as it is nationally.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#5
MediaTech Institute-Dallas
Dallas, TX
70%
Share of students who finish
- Associate degree
- 2 graduates a year
- $35,200 program cost
What the record shows
Based in Dallas, MediaTech Institute-Dallas is one of the cosmetology programs the federal government tracks. 70 percent of students across the school finish, out of 199 enrolled, and cosmetology is one of the programs inside that figure. That 70 percent is ordinary for this page, and it belongs to the whole campus; ask the cosmetology department for the program's own figure. Tuition is reported at $35,200. That price is roughly 2.2 times the $15,700 median, and nothing on this record explains the premium. 2 credentials in a year means the cosmetology program barely ran; ask whether it is enrolling this term before anything else. Graduates leave with an associate degree, not the usual certificate, and the general-education credits behind it can count toward a bachelor's later. Look this school up on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation register by its legal name before you pay, because that entry and not this one is what makes your hours count.
Where it leads
Half of cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington earn under $33,960, with the tenth percentile at $26,560 and the ninetieth at $60,150. Against the state as a whole, the metro runs roughly 11 percent higher on median pay. The upside is capped near 1.8 times the median and the floor is 22 percent under it, a market where the first year is tight rather than dangerous and the ceiling is earned slowly. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington employs the trade at close to the national rate, around 6,630 people.
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#6
Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology
Irving, TX · Cosmetology Private School
67%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2026-12
- $15,750 program cost
What the record shows
Based in Plano, Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology is on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation register. 67 percent of its students finish, out of 44 enrolled in the fall count. The published cost is $15,750 for the full program. Tint School of Makeup campuses share a debt figure in the federal file, $5,720 in federal loans at the median over 326 borrowers, so read it as the chain's number rather than this floor's. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $61 a month. On completion and price it is close to the median school on this page, 67 percent against 68 and $15,750 against $15,700, which is neither a warning nor a recommendation: the choice comes down to the visit and the board file. It awarded 60 credentials over the year against a fall headcount of 44, which is what a clock-hour course that turns over more than one cohort a year looks like. Its board record is license 705938, and that entry is the one that counts your hours.
Where it leads
For cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the range runs $26,560 to $60,150 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles, with a median of $33,960. Against the state as a whole, the metro runs roughly 11 percent higher on median pay. An ordinary shape: the top tenth at 1.8 times the median and a floor 22 percent below it, so a good first year and a good tenth year here are separated by a client book rather than by a cliff. The occupation is about as common around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington as it is nationally.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#7
Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington
Arlington, TX · Cosmetology Private School
62%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2027-05
- $14,835 program cost
What the record shows
Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and trains in Arlington. With 25 licensed schools in Arlington, this one is competing for students rather than the only option. 62 percent of students see the course through, out of 360 enrolled. The published cost is $14,835 for the full program. The federal file reports borrowing for Paul Mitchell campuses together rather than for this one: a median of $9,516 in federal loans across 683 borrowers. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $101 a month. The price is close to the $15,700 median and the completion is not: 62 percent against 68. In a clock-hour course that is the wrong half of the trade, and the reason to ask hard questions before a deposit. 116 students completed a credential here in the reporting year. The board files it under license 705152; that record, not this one, is what makes your hours count.
Where it leads
Half of cosmetologists around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington earn under $33,960, with the tenth percentile at $26,560 and the ninetieth at $60,150. Against the state as a whole, the metro runs roughly 11 percent higher on median pay. An ordinary shape: the top tenth at 1.8 times the median and a floor 22 percent below it, so a good first year and a good tenth year here are separated by a client book rather than by a cliff. Local concentration around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington sits near the national average.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#8
DuVall's School of Cosmetology
Bedford, TX · Cosmetology Private School
57%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2027-06
- $11,400 program cost
What the record shows
DuVall's School of Cosmetology operates in Bedford under license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Of the 65 students in its fall count, 57 percent complete the course they started. Tuition is reported at $11,400 for the full program. Borrowing here runs to a median of $7,917 in federal loans, measured over 110 graduates. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $84 a month. $11,400 is 27 percent under the $15,700 median, and 11 points fewer finish than the 68 percent median. The saving only counts if you are one of the ones who gets through. It awarded 76 credentials over the year against a fall headcount of 65, which is what a clock-hour course that turns over more than one cohort a year looks like. License 702825 is the board's entry for it, and that is the record to confirm is still current before a deposit.
Where it leads
Around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median cosmetologist earns $33,960, the bottom tenth $26,560 and the top tenth $60,150. The metro median is about 11 percent above the Texas figure. An ordinary shape: the top tenth at 1.8 times the median and a floor 22 percent below it, so a good first year and a good tenth year here are separated by a client book rather than by a cliff. Local concentration around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington sits near the national average.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#9
Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas
Grand Prairie, TX · Cosmetology Private School
50%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2027-06
- $15,750 program cost
What the record shows
Based in Grand Prairie, Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas is on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation register. With 10 licensed schools in Grand Prairie, this one is competing for students rather than the only option. 50 percent of students see the course through, out of 220 enrolled. The published cost is $15,750 for the full program. The federal file reports borrowing for Tint School of Makeup campuses together rather than for this one: a median of $5,720 in federal loans across 326 borrowers. On the standard ten-year plan that is about $61 a month. The price is close to the $15,700 median and the completion is not: 50 percent against 68. In a clock-hour course that is the wrong half of the trade, and the reason to ask hard questions before a deposit. 146 students completed a credential here in the reporting year. Its board record is license 705076, and that entry is the one that counts your hours.
Where it leads
Around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median cosmetologist earns $33,960, the bottom tenth $26,560 and the top tenth $60,150. The metro median is about 11 percent above the Texas figure. The upside is capped near 1.8 times the median and the floor is 22 percent under it, a market where the first year is tight rather than dangerous and the ceiling is earned slowly. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington employs the trade at close to the national rate, around 6,630 people.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
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#10
Michael's Barber & Hair Stylist Academy
Irving, TX · Cosmetology Private School
48%
Share of students who finish
- Cosmetology
- Renews 2027-01
- $15,185 program cost
What the record shows
Michael's Barber & Hair Stylist Academy operates in Irving under license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The license here is a barber license, which means men's cutting, shaving and beard work. It takes a similar hour count to cosmetology and is a narrower ticket, and for someone who already knows they want that end of the trade, the narrowness is the point. 48 percent of students see the course through, out of 42 enrolled. Tuition is reported at $15,185 for the full program. Completion is the one figure that compares across trades, and 48 percent, 20 points under the 68 percent median, is the first thing to ask about. $15,185 is within 4 percent of the $15,700 median for a similar hour count, which is the going rate. 31 students completed a credential here in the reporting year. The board files it under license 705767; that record, not this one, is what makes your hours count.
Where it leads
Half of barbers around Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington earn under $33,000, with the tenth percentile at $29,550 and the ninetieth at $81,660. There is almost no distance between entry pay and the middle, and a great deal between the middle and the top, so the first year is predictable and the tenth is what you make of it. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington carries roughly 2.0 times the national concentration of this work, among the denser markets in the country.
Sources: US Department of Education, College Scorecard; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, read 2026-08-28.
Other Licensed Cosmetology Schools in Fort Worth
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation lists 17 currently licensed schools in Fort Worth. None of them appear above, either because the school takes no federal aid and so reports no completion figure, or because its cohort was too small to rank. Being on this list means the board licenses the school, which is the thing that makes your hours count. The board's file also holds 4 Fort Worth records that are no longer active, which is why the roster is longer than this table.
| School | License |
|---|---|
| Brewer High School | Cosmetology Vocational/High School |
| Dunbar High School | Cosmetology Vocational/High School |
| Glance Lash Academy | Cosmetology Private School |
| Glow Artistry Studio Academy LLC | Cosmetology Private School |
| Immaculate Cut Barber Institute LLC | Cosmetology Private School |
| Interstate Barber School | Cosmetology Private School |
| J N Beauty College | Cosmetology Private School |
| Lmb Lash Academy LLC | Cosmetology Private School |
| North Side High School | Cosmetology Vocational/High School |
| Radiant Academy LLC | Cosmetology Private School |
| Richerson's Master Barber Academy | Cosmetology Private School |
| Riverside Barber & Beauty Institute | Cosmetology Private School |
| Romero Beauty Academy LLC | Cosmetology Private School |
| Trimble Tech High School | Cosmetology Vocational/High School |
| Trimble Tech High School | Cosmetology Vocational/High School |
| Vibrant Skin Academy | Cosmetology Private School |
| Williams Barber College | Cosmetology Private School |
What Texas Requires Before Your Fort Worth Hours Count
Texas has no cosmetology board. The job sits inside the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which regulates barbering and cosmetology together under one agency. TDLR sets 1,000 hours of training for a cosmetologist license. Those hours only count if the school held a current license while you were sitting in it.
Half of those hours, 500 of them, can be done online in Texas. The other 500 happen in person at the school. If you are working days, that split is the most useful thing on this page, and the online hour rules by state show how Texas compares.
TDLR publishes an expiration date for every school license but no status word, so a lapsed school looks like a date that has gone by rather than a warning. Four Fort Worth records had already passed theirs in the file we pulled on August 28, 2026. That is worth a check before you sign anything, which is why we count lapsed licenses state by state.
Figures in this section: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
What the Fort Worth Ranking Actually Shows
TDLR's file is a roster, not a rating. It says a school was licensed, not how many of its students got through, so the order below is the federal completion figure. Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth leads at 82 percent with 500 students enrolled, $15,700 tuition and $7,917 median debt, and it conferred 354 cosmetology credentials in the reporting year, the most of the ten.
Ogle's Hurst campus is second at 75 percent, nine miles out, same $15,700 tuition on 273 students. The Salon Professional Academy-Lewisville sits third on a completion figure a hair lower, but it is 27 miles from Fort Worth and $16,750. Ogle's Arlington campus is fourth at 72 percent on 374 students.
Price and completion do not move together here. DuVall's School of Cosmetology in Bedford is the cheapest ranked option at $11,400, twelve miles out, and its median earnings five years after entry, $28,970, are the highest of the ten. It finishes 57 percent of its students, well behind Ogle.
Because the ranking reaches across the metro, the Dallas and Arlington pages carry several of the same schools from the other side. If none of the ten works for you, the Texas ranking covers the whole state.
Figures in this section: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; BLS OEWS, May 2025; College Scorecard, June 2026.
What Hair and Skin Work Pays in Dallas-Fort Worth
Fort Worth does not get its own wage series. BLS reports one set of figures for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro, which means these numbers cover Dallas and Arlington too. Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists here earn a median of $33,960, against $30,680 across Texas, and the metro employs 6,630 of the state's 22,440 hairdressers.
The spread says more than the median does. The bottom tenth of the metro's hairdressers make $26,560 and the top tenth clear $60,150. And BLS surveys employers, so booth renters and chair renters are not counted at all, which in this trade is a lot of people. Read the median as an employed stylist's number.
Two trades do better here than hair. Barbers are twice as concentrated in this metro as they are nationally, 790 employed, with the top tenth at $81,660. Skincare specialists post a $54,290 median against $49,250 statewide, and their 90th percentile is $106,760.
Figures in this section: BLS OEWS, May 2025; College Scorecard, June 2026.
What Cosmetology Careers Pay in Fort Worth
Median annual pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, from the May 2025 BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics release. A cosmetologist here earns a median of $33,960 against $30,680 across Texas, with 6,630 employed in the metro. Booth renters and salon owners are self-employed and outside the survey, so these figures describe stylists on a payroll.
- Estheticians $54,290 $54,290
- Cosmetologists $33,960 $33,960
- Nail technicians $33,800 $33,800
- Barbers $33,000 $33,000
| Occupation | Metro median | Texas median |
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| Estheticians | $54,290 | $49,250 |
| Cosmetologists | $33,960 | $30,680 |
| Nail technicians | $33,800 | $34,040 |
| Barbers | $33,000 | $30,760 |
Each occupation has its own salary page with the range and every state, and a career page on the work and the license it needs.
Cosmetology Schools in Nearby Cities
Dallas and Arlington share the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX wage series with Fort Worth, and many of the schools within 30 miles appear on those pages too.
Common Questions About Cosmetology School in Fort Worth
Answers draw on Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the College Scorecard and the May 2025 BLS wage release.
How many hours do you need to become a cosmetologist in Fort Worth?
How many cosmetology schools in Fort Worth are licensed by the state?
Why are most of the ranked schools outside Fort Worth?
Do barber schools in Fort Worth answer to a different agency?
What does a cosmetologist earn in Fort Worth?
Can you do cosmetology hours online in Fort Worth?
Sources
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, school license records, read 2026-08-28. Hour requirement for a cosmetologist license: 1,000 clock hours, cited to the rule.
- US Department of Education, College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Completion, enrollment, cost and location for every cosmetology program (CIP 12.04) within 30 miles of downtown Fort Worth. Each card links its institution's Scorecard page.
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Metro-area wages and employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area.