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Esthetician school in Colorado

5 esthetician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

5 schools offer these esthetician programs, and Colorado has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Estheticians, or skincare specialists, give face and body treatments and remove unwanted hair. To be licensed you complete a state-approved esthetician or cosmetology program and pass a state exam; the rules vary by state.1 In Colorado, all 5 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 2 are taught partly or fully online.

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How much does esthetician school cost in Colorado?

$3,507 to $7,800 is what most esthetician programs in Colorado cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 5 programs with a price. All of them: $2,685 to $10,606

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
Not reported

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Colorado may also offer esthetician school. How these figures are made

Is there free esthetician school in Colorado?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

Esthetician school in Denver, Pueblo, Alamosa and other Colorado cities

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All 5 esthetician programs in Colorado approved for WIOA funding

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5 programs

  • Esthetician license programIn personNo diploma needed

    Esthetician

    Pickens Technical College

    Aurora

    No diploma needed

    Pickens Technical College, Aurora · Esthetician license program · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,685
    More details about Esthetician at Pickens Technical College
    Finished
    94%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    72
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,685

  • Esthetician license programIn personNo diploma needed

    Esthetician

    Pueblo Community College

    Pueblo

    No diploma needed

    Pueblo Community College, Pueblo · Esthetician license program · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$21,000
    Price if you pay yourself$3,769
    Program website, Esthetician at Pueblo Community College
    More details about Esthetician at Pueblo Community College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    43%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,261
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,013
    Students counted
    37
    a year, estimated
    $21,000
    price
    $3,769

  • Esthetician license programHybridNo diploma needed

    Esthetician

    Trinidad State Junior College

    Alamosa

    No diploma needed

    Trinidad State Junior College, Alamosa · Esthetician license program · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$17,400
    Price if you pay yourself$3,507
    School website, Esthetician at Trinidad State Junior College
    More details about Esthetician at Trinidad State Junior College
    Finished
    88%
    Working at 6 months
    46%
    Earned in a quarter
    $4,347
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $700
    Students counted
    16
    a year, estimated
    $17,400
    price
    $3,507

  • Esthetician license programIn personNo diploma needed

    600 HR Esthetics Program

    NuAge Para-Medical Esthetics & Laser College

    Englewood

    No diploma needed

    NuAge Para-Medical Esthetics & Laser College, Englewood · Esthetician license program · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$7,800
    Program website, 600 HR Esthetics Program at NuAge Para-Medical Esthetics & Laser College
    More details about 600 HR Esthetics Program at NuAge Para-Medical Esthetics & Laser College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    12
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $7,800

  • Esthetician license programHybridNo diploma needed

    Esthetics

    Paul Mitchell The School Denver

    Denver

    No diploma needed

    Paul Mitchell The School Denver, Denver · Esthetician license program · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$10,606
    More details about Esthetics at Paul Mitchell The School Denver
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    10
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $10,606

How to pay for esthetician school in Colorado

WIOA funding can pay for esthetician school in Colorado

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for esthetician school

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for esthetician school

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Quick facts: Esthetician school in Colorado

lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
2nd of 16
esthetician programs here, against the typical state's 4
5 vs 4

State comparisons use the same figures as the esthetician school by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Where the Colorado esthetician program numbers come from

Which Colorado esthetician programs are on this list?

These are the esthetician programs Colorado approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Colorado offers.

How Colorado esthetician program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some esthetician programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

How reliable are the Colorado figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Colorado among the states with "known data quality concerns".10 The figures here are shown as the state reported them; check them with the school before you enroll.

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Sources for the facts about esthetician school in Colorado

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Skincare Specialists
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  10. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns