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Nail tech school in Colorado

3 nail technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

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

Nail technicians clean, shape and decorate fingernails and toenails. A license usually takes a state-approved nail technician or cosmetology program and a state exam.1 In Colorado, all 3 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 1 is taught partly or fully online.

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How much does nail tech school cost in Colorado?

$3,507 to $4,769

is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself

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 nail tech school. How these figures are made

Is there free nail tech school in Colorado?

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

Nail tech school in Pueblo, Denver, Alamosa and other Colorado cities

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All 3 nail technician programs in Colorado approved for WIOA funding

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3 programs

  • Nail technician license programIn personNo diploma needed

    Manicurist

    Pueblo Community College

    Pueblo

    No diploma needed

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

    Earned a year, estimated$13,200
    Price if you pay yourself$3,769
    Program website, Manicurist at Pueblo Community College
    More details about Manicurist at Pueblo Community College
    Finished
    79%
    Working at 6 months
    57%
    Earned in a quarter
    $3,296
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $484
    Students counted
    47
    a year, estimated
    $13,200
    price
    $3,769

  • Nail technician license programIn personNo diploma needed

    Nail Technician

    Pickens Technical College

    Aurora

    No diploma needed

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

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,769
    More details about Nail Technician at Pickens Technical College
    Finished
    81%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    20
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,769

  • Nail technician license programHybridNo diploma needed

    Manicurist

    Trinidad State Junior College

    Alamosa

    No diploma needed

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

    Earned a year, estimated$20,700
    Price if you pay yourself$3,507
    School website, Manicurist at Trinidad State Junior College
    More details about Manicurist at Trinidad State Junior College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    38%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,187
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $700
    Students counted
    12
    a year, estimated
    $20,700
    price
    $3,507

How to pay for nail tech school in Colorado

WIOA funding can pay for nail tech 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 nail tech 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 nail tech 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

Where the Colorado nail technician program numbers come from

Which Colorado nail technician programs are on this list?

These are the nail technician 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 the prices and results of Colorado nail technician programs are measured

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. Results describe students who left the program in recent years, and the yearly earnings figure is the reported quarter times four, an estimate. They describe past students, so they are no guarantee. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported". Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

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 nail tech school in Colorado

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Manicurists and Pedicurists
  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