New York Trade Schools Comparison
In New York, 129 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 2022 average tuition & fees of trade schools in New York is $14,284. The amount is the average over all vocational programs and it may vary by area of study and program length.
- Total 17,173 students have enrolled in trade schools in New York.
- The average students to faculty ratio of New York trade schools is 14.66 to 1.
- The average financial aid amount received at trade schools in New York is $5,011.
- The average graduation rate is 75.6% in New York trade schools.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
129 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 | $16,656 | 184 | - | 72% | 1 | $4,789 | 19 to 1 |
| Apex Technical School Long Island City, NY | $18,400 | 1,140 | - | 75% | 7 | $6,386 | 18 to 1 |
| Austin's School of Spa Technology Albany, NY | - | 101 | - | 59% | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Berk Trade and Business School Long Island City, NY | $12,225 | 111 | - | 87% | 2 | $6,500 | 16 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Brooklyn, NY | $9,410 | 157 | - | 82% | 5 | $4,594 | 15 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Levittown, NY | $16,800 | 184 | - | 75% | 5 | $4,819 | 16 to 1 |
| American Beauty School Bronx, NY | $8,190 | 158 | - | 46% | 1 | $3,689 | 20 to 1 |
| Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers Nanuet, NY | $15,100 | 288 | - | 90% | 2 | $4,942 | 12 to 1 |
| Cheryl Fells School of Business Niagara Falls, NY | $7,600 | 17 | - | - | 4 | $3,866 | 9 to 1 |
| Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup New York, NY | $9,100 | 589 | - | 97% | 2 | $3,270 | 30 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Queens Astoria, NY | $12,750 | 138 | - | 47% | 1 | $4,080 | 20 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester Rochester, NY | $13,620 | 337 | - | 76% | 4 | $4,376 | 20 to 1 |
| The International Culinary Center New York, NY | $39,050 | 428 | - | 85% | 3 | $7,215 | 10 to 1 |
| Gemological Institute of America-New York New York, NY | $21,128 | 51 | - | 85% | 1 | $7,443 | 5 to 1 |
| Institute of Audio Research New York, NY | $16,530 | 295 | - | 60% | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing Rochester, NY | $15,369 | 297 | - | - | 1 | $10,366 | 6 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead Hempstead, NY | $14,000 | 95 | - | 50% | 1 | $5,485 | 15 to 1 |
| Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY | $10,735 | 11 | - | - | 1 | $3,011 | 11 to 1 |
| Southern Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Harrison, NY | $17,500 | 23 | - | 88% | 1 | $4,138 | 30 to 1 |
| Midway Paris Beauty School Ridgewood, NY | $12,700 | 83 | 9 | 14% | 1 | $4,884 | 16 to 1 |
| Modern Welding School Schenectady, NY | $16,200 | 87 | - | 92% | 2 | $6,487 | 14 to 1 |
| The New School Center for Media Albany, NY | $9,000 | 19 | - | 76% | 6 | $3,273 | 10 to 1 |
| New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants Long Island City, NY | $23,800 | 381 | - | 75% | 3 | $5,519 | 20 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Peekskill Peekskill, NY | $12,750 | 41 | - | 75% | 1 | $4,257 | 11 to 1 |
| Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Oneonta, NY | $11,655 | 25 | - | 83% | 1 | $6,254 | 13 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-West Seneca West Seneca, NY | $13,620 | 137 | - | 84% | 2 | $5,061 | 20 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Manhattan New York, NY | $12,750 | 342 | - | 52% | 1 | $4,164 | 15 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Bohemia Campus Bohemia, NY | $18,560 | 107 | - | - | 3 | $3,764 | 11 to 1 |
| Westchester School of Beauty Culture Mount Vernon, NY | $13,092 | 56 | - | 86% | 2 | $5,352 | 23 to 1 |
| Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation Mexico, NY | $13,210 | 34 | - | 59% | 6 | $5,660 | 9 to 1 |
| National Tractor Trailer School Inc-Liverpool Liverpool, NY | $10,248 | 158 | - | 83% | 1 | $3,717 | 10 to 1 |
| Beauty School of Middletown Middletown, NY | $13,100 | 17 | - | - | 3 | $2,903 | 7 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Olean Olean, NY | $13,120 | 39 | - | 52% | 1 | $4,666 | 20 to 1 |
| National Tractor Trailer School Inc-Buffalo Buffalo, NY | $10,248 | 110 | - | 85% | 1 | $3,966 | 10 to 1 |
| Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Verona, NY | $13,615 | 25 | - | 71% | 1 | $8,995 | 17 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge Hauppauge, NY | $14,000 | 190 | - | 63% | 1 | $4,918 | 15 to 1 |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola, NY | $10,000 | 94 | - | 87% | 1 | $2,304 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY | $12,750 | 136 | - | 55% | 1 | $4,254 | 25 to 1 |
| Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES Elmira, NY | $13,095 | 110 | - | 64% | 7 | $4,369 | 10 to 1 |
| Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology Albany, NY | $14,600 | 61 | - | 63% | 1 | $3,274 | 10 to 1 |
| Shear Ego International School of Hair Design Rochester, NY | $15,316 | 167 | - | 95% | 5 | $4,723 | 18 to 1 |
| Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica, NY | $16,656 | 91 | - | 79% | 1 | $5,184 | 17 to 1 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh, NY | $12,441 | 40 | - | 87% | 19 | $5,010 | 1 to 1 |
| Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Watertown, NY | $18,561 | 29 | - | 57% | 1 | $9,916 | 7 to 1 |
| Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing Hicksville, NY | $19,730 | 212 | - | 80% | 1 | $5,779 | 12 to 1 |
| Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Olean, NY | $8,800 | 30 | 1 | - | 1 | $3,581 | 5 to 1 |
| Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Goshen, NY | $14,889 | 37 | - | 91% | 1 | $6,109 | 9 to 1 |
| Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Newark, NY | $17,350 | 143 | - | 83% | 1 | $4,473 | 14 to 1 |
| Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Binghamton, NY | $12,600 | 63 | - | 100% | 1 | $3,696 | 12 to 1 |
| Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Hudson Falls, NY | $16,940 | 43 | - | 75% | 1 | $8,928 | 13 to 1 |
| Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program Albany, NY | $16,750 | 161 | - | 72% | 1 | $4,920 | 35 to 1 |
| Ulster BOCES-School of Practical Nursing Lake Katrine, NY | $13,600 | 21 | - | 53% | 2 | $7,931 | 11 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Brentwood, NY | $19,460 | 234 | - | 59% | 1 | $4,400 | 18 to 1 |
| Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program West Nyack, NY | $17,854 | 45 | - | 100% | 1 | $6,258 | 15 to 1 |
| Charles Stuart School of Diamond Setting Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 | 61 | - | 83% | 2 | $6,521 | 21 to 1 |
| Adirondack Beauty School Glens Falls, NY | - | 17 | - | 63% | - | - | 8 to 1 |
| Manhattan School of Computer Technology Brooklyn,, NY | $4,000 | 392 | - | 73% | 4 | $4,640 | 18 to 1 |
| Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training New York, NY | $9,000 | 45 | - | 96% | 1 | $4,176 | 15 to 1 |
| Studio Jewelers New York, NY | $12,000 | 20 | - | 74% | 1 | $3,631 | 10 to 1 |
| Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Auburn, NY | $11,965 | 37 | - | 67% | 1 | $8,203 | 9 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Massage Inc Williamsville, NY | $18,600 | 21 | - | 75% | 1 | $2,809 | 12 to 1 |
| Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Poughkeepsie, NY | $13,000 | 81 | - | 79% | 1 | $4,469 | 6 to 1 |
| Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Batavia, NY | $14,900 | 111 | - | 80% | 1 | $6,431 | 24 to 1 |
| Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Johnstown, NY | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | 4 to 1 |
| Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Ilion, NY | $15,975 | 79 | - | 100% | 1 | $4,489 | 7 to 1 |
| Putnam Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Yorktown Heights, NY | $13,000 | 22 | - | 95% | 1 | $3,783 | 8 to 1 |
| Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute-Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, NY | $15,500 | 242 | - | 60% | - | - | 10 to 1 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY | $10,850 | 403 | - | 92% | 6 | $3,625 | 20 to 1 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool, NY | $14,043 | 297 | - | 84% | 14 | $7,205 | 19 to 1 |
| Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park, NY | $16,500 | 268 | - | 88% | 8 | $6,247 | 15 to 1 |
| Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Sanborn, NY | $14,126 | 27 | - | 36% | 1 | $4,755 | 27 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Beauty Knowledge Williamsville, NY | $15,900 | 14 | - | 67% | 1 | $5,809 | 3 to 1 |
| Carsten Institute of Cosmetology New York, NY | $16,350 | 115 | - | 82% | 1 | $4,456 | 13 to 1 |
| Aveda Institute-New York New York, NY | $17,895 | 325 | - | 87% | 2 | $4,508 | 16 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Albany Campus Albany, NY | $14,766 | 29 | - | - | 2 | $4,134 | 14 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Bronx, NY | $9,410 | 136 | - | 59% | 3 | $4,831 | 19 to 1 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone Whitestone, NY | $33,556 | 562 | - | 68% | 1 | $5,669 | 20 to 1 |
| Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy Albany, NY | $17,500 | 38 | - | 78% | 1 | $5,029 | 4 to 1 |
| Ace Institute of Technology New York, NY | $11,850 | 204 | - | 72% | 3 | $5,347 | 11 to 1 |
| New Age Training New York, NY | $14,580 | 215 | - | 72% | 2 | $4,700 | 20 to 1 |
| Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development Rochester, NY | $9,200 | 64 | - | 90% | 12 | $4,344 | 13 to 1 |
| Career School of NY Staten Island, NY | $12,345 | 50 | - | 75% | 4 | $4,964 | 12 to 1 |
| John Paolo's Xtreme Beauty Institute-Goldwell Product Artistry Ballston Spa, NY | $14,000 | 26 | - | 92% | 3 | $7,050 | 8 to 1 |
| EDP School Brooklyn, NY | $4,800 | 79 | - | 53% | 3 | $4,171 | 16 to 1 |
| Institute of Culinary Education New York, NY | $38,171 | 450 | - | - | 4 | $3,325 | 9 to 1 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda Tonawanda, NY | $9,138 | 165 | - | 85% | 3 | $2,455 | 12 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Syracuse Syracuse, NY | $15,575 | 44 | - | 100% | 1 | $4,646 | 5 to 1 |
| Academy of Cosmetology and Esthetics NYC Staten Island, NY | $14,500 | 35 | - | 74% | 1 | $5,116 | 10 to 1 |
| Finger Lakes School of Massage Ithaca, NY | $17,100 | 48 | - | - | 1 | $9,664 | 15 to 1 |
| SAE Institute of Technology-New York New York, NY | $23,339 | 282 | - | 47% | 1 | $3,957 | 8 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy New York, NY | $14,500 | 159 | - | 52% | 3 | $4,234 | 12 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Rochester Rochester, NY | $15,575 | 43 | - | 75% | 1 | $7,040 | 4 to 1 |
| Finger Lakes School of Massage Mt. Kisco, NY | $17,900 | 69 | - | - | 1 | $8,465 | 15 to 1 |
| The Collective School Of Music New York, NY | $30,300 | 32 | - | 92% | 2 | - | 5 to 1 |
| Manhattan Institute New York, NY | $11,224 | 524 | - | 93% | 8 | $3,904 | 22 to 1 |
| Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics New York, NY | $10,760 | 250 | - | 76% | 1 | $2,907 | 41 to 1 |
| Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute Levittown, NY | $9,895 | 205 | - | 95% | 3 | $2,495 | 20 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale Mattydale, NY | $13,620 | 259 | - | 83% | 2 | $4,325 | 20 to 1 |
| New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa white plains, NY | $8,475 | 114 | - | 97% | 1 | $3,717 | 12 to 1 |
| Barber & Beauty Institute of New York Hempstead, NY | $7,500 | 52 | - | 66% | 1 | $2,947 | 4 to 1 |
| Aesthetic Science Institute Latham, NY | $9,500 | 79 | - | 93% | 3 | $2,755 | 16 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Hair Design & Career Training Center North Tonawanda, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Digital Film Academy New York, NY | $21,150 | 102 | - | 50% | 2 | $3,792 | 9 to 1 |
| American Academy of Personal Training New York, NY | $5,725 | 64 | - | 70% | - | - | 20 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Beauty Islandia, NY | $14,695 | 251 | - | 94% | 3 | $3,552 | 15 to 1 |
| Sharp Edgez Barber Institute Rochester, NY | $9,000 | 33 | - | 71% | 1 | $3,657 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Rochester Rochester, NY | $12,750 | 77 | - | 73% | 1 | $3,971 | 14 to 1 |
| Arrojo Cosmetology School New York, NY | $17,000 | 48 | - | 98% | 2 | $4,390 | 7 to 1 |
| Electrical Training Center Copiague, NY | $11,230 | 207 | - | 91% | 2 | $5,613 | 20 to 1 |
| Access Careers Hempstead, NY | $1,400 | 125 | - | 86% | 4 | $8,209 | 20 to 1 |
| Grace International Beauty School Flushing, NY | $7,800 | 28 | - | 96% | 2 | $6,195 | 10 to 1 |
| Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing, NY | $11,100 | 7 | - | 69% | 2 | $5,700 | 12 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady Schenectady, NY | $17,625 | 109 | - | 84% | 3 | $4,483 | 15 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Amityville Amityville, NY | $14,666 | 129 | - | 72% | 2 | $3,036 | 35 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Buffalo Cheektowaga, NY | $12,750 | 75 | - | 48% | 1 | $4,414 | 21 to 1 |
| Westchester School for Dental Assistant Elmsford, NY | $11,070 | 94 | - | 100% | 2 | $2,545 | 31 to 1 |
| Culinary Tech Center New York, NY | $14,050 | 86 | - | 67% | 2 | $10,160 | 43 to 1 |
| AMG School of Licensed Practical Nursing Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 258 | - | 76% | 1 | $5,260 | 30 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Riverhead, NY | $10,864 | 11 | - | 73% | 1 | $5,071 | 11 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Oakdale, NY | $10,864 | 22 | - | - | 1 | $4,800 | 12 to 1 |
| Focus Personal Training Institute New York, NY | $14,880 | 79 | - | 63% | 1 | $2,782 | 22 to 1 |
| Berkowits School of Electrolysis Forest Hills, NY | $5,750 | 104 | - | 91% | 2 | $4,301 | 15 to 1 |
| Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Norwich, NY | $12,500 | 19 | - | - | 1 | $4,820 | 6 to 1 |
| Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing Flushing, NY | $22,500 | 154 | - | 45% | 1 | $4,717 | 14 to 1 |
| Anousheh School of Hair Binghamton, NY | $16,000 | 15 | - | 86% | 1 | $6,799 | 8 to 1 |
| Access Careers-Islandia Islandia, NY | $1,400 | 89 | - | - | 4 | $7,158 | 13 to 1 |
| Professional Culinary Academy Buffalo, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Royal Learning Institute New York, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Royal Learning Institute Jackson Heights, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average | $14,284 | 17,173 | 10 | 76% | - | $5,011 | 15 to 1 |