Licensed cosmetology programs in Wyoming 2026

How do you become a cosmetologist in Wyoming in 2026?

To become a cosmetologist in Wyoming you need 1,600 clock hours at a school licensed by Wyoming Board of Cosmetology, then a passing score on the state exam. At the pace most clock-hour schools run, that is roughly 12.3 months full time. That is above what 40 other states require, putting Wyoming among the longer programs in the country.

A cosmetology program whose school lost its license mid-course takes your hours with it, which is the argument for checking Wyoming Board of Cosmetology first.

How much do cosmetologists make in Wyoming in 2026?

Cosmetologists in Wyoming earn a median of $29,170 , with the bottom tenth on $18,150 and the top tenth on $56,640 . The related licenses pay differently again, which matters because you pick the license before you start the hours.

What is different about cosmetology licensing in Wyoming?

Wyoming draws the online line by ACTIVITY TYPE rather than by percentage, and demands live instruction: Chapter 6 Section 9 permits any non-clinical-floor hours to be earned remotely but only by SYNCHRONOUS remote education, and Chapter 3 Section 10 makes schools log which software they used and record on the student's final course record exactly which hours were earned remotely. It also has a "discretionary hours" concept found almost nowhere else - up to 2% of total program hours may be earned off the school's premises under direct instructor supervision. Wyoming layers a 1,000-hour "hairstyling" credential between nothing and full cosmetology, and adds narrow 125-hour hair-removal and 200-hour lash-and-brow specialty licenses. Read Wyoming Board of Cosmetology's own rules .

Where are the cosmetology schools in Wyoming?

The licensed cosmetology schools in Wyoming cluster hardest in Casper, which holds 2 of the 10 the board currently lists. That is only 20 percent of the state total, so schools are spread more evenly here than in states with a single dominant city.

8 towns have exactly one licensed school, which is worth knowing if you cannot easily move: losing that school means losing the option locally.

Is it better to be a cosmetologist, esthetician or nail tech in Wyoming?

In Wyoming, estheticians are the best paid of the beauty licenses at a $62,400 median. Cosmetologists in Wyoming sit at $29,170, below that, which is worth weighing before committing to the longest of the licenses.

Picking between them is a trade between scope and speed: the broader license opens more chairs, the narrower one opens sooner.

Can you use a cosmetology license from another state in Wyoming?

Using a cosmetology license from another state in Wyoming means satisfying Wyoming Board of Cosmetology, which decides case by case, and the number it weighs is hours. Against the other West states, Wyoming is it asks 91 more hours than the regional average of 1,509, and it pays about 27 percent below the regional average.

That matters if you might move, because a license does not travel automatically: the receiving state decides what your hours are worth, and a shorter program can be the harder one to carry across a line.

What does this Wyoming cosmetology school list not tell you?

This Wyoming cosmetology school list does not tell you everything you need. Any ordering of these schools would be arbitrary, so they are listed rather than ranked. Being on this list means the board licenses the school, which is the thing that makes your clock hours count, and it is the most useful fact available here.

Check a school against the NACCAS accredited school search if federal financial aid matters to you, and against Wyoming Board of Cosmetology for the license itself.

Common questions about cosmetology programs in Wyoming