New York Trade Schools Comparison
In New York, 93 trade schools are active. For trade school statistics, we only include less than 2 years colleges (both for-profit and not-for-profit schools) offering 1 year and/or 1-2 years certificate programs.
- The 2025 average tuition & fees of trade schools in New York is $14,846. The amount is the average over all vocational programs and it may vary by area of study and program length.
- Total 14,191 students have enrolled in trade schools in New York.
- The average students to faculty ratio of New York trade schools is 14.87 to 1.
- The average financial aid amount received at trade schools in New York is $5,625.
- The average graduation rate is 80.5% in New York trade schools.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
114 Trade Schools in New York
| College Name | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | Online Student Population | Graduation Rate | Number of Programs Offered | Financial Aid Amount | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen School-Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY | $17,556 | 192 | - | 74% | 2 | $5,528 | 20 to 1 |
| Apex Technical School Long Island City, NY | $18,400 | 1,400 | - | 78% | 6 | $6,510 | 15 to 1 |
| Austin's School of Spa Technology Albany, NY | - | 101 | - | - | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Berk Trade and Business School Long Island City, NY | $13,200 | 152 | - | 95% | 2 | $6,187 | 12 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Brooklyn, NY | $9,900 | 89 | - | 54% | 4 | $4,574 | 8 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Levittown, NY | $17,000 | 141 | - | 94% | 5 | $5,486 | 12 to 1 |
| American Beauty School Bronx, NY | $15,400 | 113 | - | 50% | 2 | $4,953 | 16 to 1 |
| Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers Nanuet, NY | $15,100 | 285 | - | 89% | 4 | $5,004 | 12 to 1 |
| Cheryl Fells School of Business Niagara Falls, NY | $7,600 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 9 to 1 |
| Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup New York, NY | $10,040 | 641 | - | 94% | 4 | $3,730 | 29 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Queens Astoria, NY | $13,250 | 172 | - | 61% | 1 | $5,001 | 24 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester Rochester, NY | $9,500 | 194 | - | 70% | 4 | $4,975 | 20 to 1 |
| Gemological Institute of America-New York New York, NY | $23,865 | 160 | - | 89% | 6 | $13,847 | 16 to 1 |
| Institute of Audio Research New York, NY | $16,530 | 295 | - | - | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing Rochester, NY | $23,274 | 85 | - | 37% | 1 | $9,081 | 10 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead Hempstead, NY | $15,400 | 101 | - | 89% | 2 | $4,563 | 16 to 1 |
| Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY | $12,085 | 14 | - | - | 1 | $1,041 | 7 to 1 |
| Southern Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Harrison, NY | $17,500 | 23 | - | 55% | 1 | $1,597 | 30 to 1 |
| Midway Paris Beauty School Ridgewood, NY | $12,700 | 92 | - | 17% | 1 | $4,989 | 16 to 1 |
| Modern Welding School Schenectady, NY | $18,100 | 58 | - | 94% | 2 | $6,228 | 15 to 1 |
| The New School Center for Media New York, NY | $5,000 | 14 | - | 84% | 3 | $3,533 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Peekskill Peekskill, NY | $13,750 | 49 | - | 89% | 1 | $4,843 | 9 to 1 |
| Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Oneonta, NY | $16,250 | 31 | - | 73% | 1 | $16,442 | 10 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-West Seneca West Seneca, NY | $9,500 | 78 | - | 78% | 3 | $4,859 | 20 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Manhattan New York, NY | $14,250 | 388 | - | 51% | 1 | $5,486 | 22 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Bohemia Campus Bohemia, NY | $18,560 | 107 | - | - | - | - | 11 to 1 |
| Westchester School of Beauty Culture Mount Vernon, NY | $14,650 | 59 | - | 77% | 1 | $5,655 | 20 to 1 |
| Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation Mexico, NY | $14,250 | 15 | - | 71% | 2 | $9,210 | 9 to 1 |
| Beauty School of Middletown Middletown, NY | $13,100 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 7 to 1 |
| Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Verona, NY | $16,115 | 113 | - | 79% | 1 | $9,322 | 20 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge Hauppauge, NY | $15,400 | 232 | - | 75% | 2 | $6,467 | 18 to 1 |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola, NY | $15,000 | 24 | - | 100% | 1 | $5,911 | 10 to 1 |
| Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES Elmira, NY | $14,500 | 166 | - | 75% | 4 | $3,013 | 10 to 1 |
| Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology Albany, NY | $15,600 | 56 | - | 77% | 1 | $5,741 | 10 to 1 |
| Shear Ego International School of Hair Design Rochester, NY | $16,316 | 204 | - | 91% | 5 | $5,743 | 22 to 1 |
| Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica, NY | $17,556 | 67 | - | 79% | 1 | $6,606 | 17 to 1 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh, NY | $14,400 | 31 | - | 89% | 18 | $5,608 | 1 to 1 |
| Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Watertown, NY | $22,972 | 23 | - | - | 1 | $6,328 | 5 to 1 |
| Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing Hicksville, NY | $20,230 | 193 | - | 48% | 1 | $2,386 | 12 to 1 |
| Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Olean, NY | $17,000 | 31 | - | - | 1 | $6,580 | 8 to 1 |
| Orange Ulster BOCES Newburgh, NY | $16,015 | 74 | - | 100% | 1 | $6,013 | 18 to 1 |
| Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Endicott, NY | $15,380 | 99 | - | 53% | 1 | $4,163 | 12 to 1 |
| Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Hudson Falls, NY | $18,550 | 35 | - | 79% | 1 | $6,473 | 12 to 1 |
| Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program Albany, NY | $23,500 | 187 | - | 74% | 1 | $9,459 | 30 to 1 |
| Ulster BOCES-School of Practical Nursing Port Ewen, NY | $13,600 | 22 | - | 100% | 1 | $7,194 | 11 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Sayville, NY | $23,633 | 310 | - | 77% | 1 | $5,376 | 19 to 1 |
| Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program West Nyack, NY | $19,231 | 37 | - | 100% | 1 | $4,350 | 16 to 1 |
| Charles Stuart School of Diamond Setting Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 38 | - | 100% | 4 | $8,403 | 22 to 1 |
| Adirondack Beauty School Glens Falls, NY | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 8 to 1 |
| Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training New York, NY | $10,100 | 34 | - | 89% | 1 | $4,930 | 15 to 1 |
| Studio Jewelers New York, NY | $15,000 | 74 | - | 80% | 1 | $4,209 | 12 to 1 |
| Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Auburn, NY | $14,085 | 32 | - | 100% | 1 | $9,531 | 11 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Massage Inc Williamsville, NY | $19,600 | 30 | - | 87% | 1 | $4,581 | 10 to 1 |
| Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Poughkeepsie, NY | $14,250 | 83 | - | 97% | 1 | $4,042 | 10 to 1 |
| Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Batavia, NY | $16,475 | 93 | - | 73% | 1 | $6,342 | 24 to 1 |
| Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Johnstown, NY | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | 4 to 1 |
| Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Herkimer, NY | $17,115 | 58 | - | 60% | 1 | $4,487 | 8 to 1 |
| Putnam Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Yorktown Heights, NY | $13,000 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 8 to 1 |
| Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute-Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, NY | $15,500 | 242 | - | - | - | - | 10 to 1 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY | $15,000 | 383 | - | 96% | 10 | $5,525 | 20 to 1 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool, NY | $15,417 | 354 | - | 73% | 10 | $9,760 | 25 to 1 |
| Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park, NY | $18,000 | 357 | 243 | 99% | 3 | $7,620 | 11 to 1 |
| Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Lockport, NY | $13,255 | 30 | - | 100% | 1 | $3,987 | 35 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Beauty Knowledge Williamsville, NY | $16,150 | 22 | - | 100% | 1 | $5,550 | 4 to 1 |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York New York, NY | $19,000 | 293 | - | 80% | 2 | $4,839 | 20 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Albany Campus Albany, NY | $14,766 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 14 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Bronx, NY | $9,900 | 136 | - | 72% | 4 | $5,381 | 14 to 1 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone Whitestone, NY | $36,149 | 1,131 | - | 67% | 2 | $4,708 | 19 to 1 |
| Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy Albany, NY | $17,500 | 38 | - | - | - | - | 4 to 1 |
| New Age Training New York, NY | $17,370 | 187 | - | 75% | 3 | $2,426 | 20 to 1 |
| Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development Spencerport, NY | $10,500 | 41 | - | 78% | 1 | $5,265 | 16 to 1 |
| Career School of NY Staten Island, NY | $6,470 | 112 | - | 82% | 5 | $5,379 | 12 to 1 |
| EDP School Brooklyn, NY | $5,500 | 151 | - | 98% | 3 | $3,259 | 20 to 1 |
| Institute of Culinary Education New York, NY | $42,504 | 589 | 5 | 75% | 5 | $3,433 | 7 to 1 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda Tonawanda, NY | $10,819 | 142 | - | 71% | 6 | $3,861 | 7 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Syracuse Syracuse, NY | $15,575 | 44 | - | - | 1 | $4,646 | 5 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-NYC Staten Island, NY | $15,500 | 96 | - | 84% | 2 | $4,153 | 11 to 1 |
| SAE Institute of Technology-New York New York, NY | $23,339 | 337 | - | 54% | 1 | $4,859 | 13 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy New York, NY | $14,500 | 159 | - | - | - | - | 12 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Rochester Rochester, NY | $15,575 | 43 | - | - | 1 | $7,040 | 4 to 1 |
| The Collective School Of Music New York, NY | $30,300 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 5 to 1 |
| Manhattan Institute New York, NY | $11,224 | 524 | - | - | - | - | 22 to 1 |
| Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics New York, NY | $10,330 | 299 | - | 58% | 1 | $3,368 | 17 to 1 |
| Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute Bethpage, NY | $11,495 | 249 | - | 88% | 5 | $5,089 | 15 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale Mattydale, NY | $9,500 | 152 | - | 82% | 3 | $5,399 | 20 to 1 |
| New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa white plains, NY | $9,475 | 120 | - | 98% | 1 | $1,902 | 12 to 1 |
| Barber & Beauty Institute of New York Hempstead, NY | $7,500 | 16 | - | 77% | 1 | $3,554 | 2 to 1 |
| Aesthetic Science Institute Latham, NY | $9,500 | 164 | - | 94% | 3 | $3,839 | 16 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Hair Design & Career Training Center North Tonawanda, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American Academy of Personal Training New York, NY | $5,725 | 64 | - | - | - | - | 20 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Beauty Islandia, NY | $11,496 | 211 | - | 87% | 2 | $4,255 | 18 to 1 |
| Sharp Edgez Barber Institute Rochester, NY | $9,900 | 57 | - | 97% | 1 | $2,950 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Rochester Rochester, NY | $12,750 | 67 | - | 61% | 1 | $5,414 | 12 to 1 |
| ARROJO Academy New York, NY | $17,000 | 104 | - | 98% | 3 | $4,620 | 10 to 1 |
| Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center Copiague, NY | $11,230 | 226 | - | 99% | 6 | $5,253 | 20 to 1 |
| Access Careers Hempstead, NY | $1,500 | 511 | - | 90% | 6 | $9,835 | 20 to 1 |
| Grace International Beauty School Flushing, NY | $7,800 | 24 | - | 92% | 3 | $6,345 | 10 to 1 |
| Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing, NY | $11,100 | 7 | - | 100% | 2 | $3,600 | 7 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady Schenectady, NY | $18,800 | 87 | - | 94% | 3 | $6,057 | 8 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Amityville Amityville, NY | $14,666 | 129 | - | - | - | - | 35 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Buffalo Cheektowaga, NY | $12,750 | 87 | - | 46% | 1 | $5,466 | 12 to 1 |
| Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants Ardsley, NY | $12,100 | 67 | - | 100% | 2 | $4,261 | 20 to 1 |
| Culinary Tech Center White Plains, NY | $14,050 | 44 | - | 68% | 1 | $9,700 | 15 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Riverhead, NY | $11,456 | 9 | - | 86% | 1 | $8,663 | 9 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Oakdale, NY | $11,456 | 31 | - | 76% | 1 | $4,238 | 21 to 1 |
| Focus Personal Training Institute New York, NY | $14,855 | 64 | - | 79% | 4 | $3,101 | 18 to 1 |
| Berkowits School of Electrolysis Forest Hills, NY | $6,750 | 102 | - | 84% | 2 | $4,930 | 15 to 1 |
| Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Norwich, NY | $14,500 | 31 | - | 50% | 1 | $5,731 | 16 to 1 |
| Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing College Point, NY | $24,500 | 186 | - | 79% | 1 | $1,410 | 25 to 1 |
| Anousheh School of Hair Binghamton, NY | $16,000 | 21 | - | 75% | 2 | $8,060 | 8 to 1 |
| Access Careers-Islandia Islandia, NY | $1,500 | 312 | - | 72% | 4 | $9,135 | 13 to 1 |
| Professional Culinary Academy Buffalo, NY | $10,100 | 17 | - | 66% | 1 | $6,584 | 6 to 1 |
| Royal Learning Institute New York, NY | $6,500 | 32 | - | 80% | 1 | $4,187 | 15 to 1 |
| Royal Learning Institute Jackson Heights, NY | $6,500 | 27 | - | 67% | 1 | $10,940 | 15 to 1 |
| Average | $14,846 | 14,191 | 248 | 81% | - | $5,625 | 15 to 1 |