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Esthetician schools in North Carolina
North Carolina has 24 accredited campuses awarding esthetics credentials. If you finish and work as a skincare specialist in North Carolina, expect to start around $25,570–$27,610 and reach a median of $39,120 with experience; the top quarter earn $57,000 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, North Carolina). Graduates of these North Carolina programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $18,055 in their first year, against $20,883 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What skincare specialists earn in North Carolina
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 2,680 employed in North Carolina. National median: $45,330.
Campuses in North Carolina, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AshevilleChapel HillDallasDurhamFayettevilleFlat RockGrahamGrantsboroGreensboroMarionMorehead CityMurphyNew BernRaleighSalisburySanfordShelbySpindaleStatesvilleTarboroThomasvilleWilmington
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | for-profit career college | 112 | $21,282 | $6,333 | 82% | $25,246 |
| Wake Technical Community College | Raleigh | Public technical college | 64 | $21,232 | $8,048 | 33% | not reported |
| Central Carolina Community College | Sanford | Public community college | 46 | $21,186 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Elevate Salon Institute | Durham | for-profit career college | 41 | $20,058 | $6,333 | not reported | not reported |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | Asheville | Public technical college | 22 | $19,902 | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| Mitchell Community College | Statesville | Public community college | 34 | $18,257 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Health And Style Institute | Greensboro | for-profit career college | 247 | $17,854 | $8,444 | not reported | not reported |
| College of Wilmington | Wilmington | for-profit career college | 18 | $16,095 | $13,666 | 15% | $26,512 |
| Leons Beauty School Inc | Greensboro | for-profit career school | 36 | $15,889 | not reported | 96% | $10,311 |
| Cleveland Community College | Shelby | Public community college | 17 | $11,762 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City | Public community college | 20 | $9,747 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington | Public community college | 59 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury | Public community college | 39 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Edgecombe Community College | Tarboro | Public community college | 37 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Thomasville | Public community college | 33 | not reported | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| Gaston College | Dallas | Public community college | 27 | not reported | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Isothermal Community College | Spindale | Public community college | 17 | not reported | not reported | 56% | not reported |
| Craven Community College | New Bern | Public community college | 12 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Blue Ridge Community College | Flat Rock | Public community college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| McDowell Technical Community College | Marion | Public technical college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro | Public community college | 8 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | Public technical college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Alamance Community College | Graham | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.