Cosmetology
Cosmetology Program
1,500 hours · ~11 months
- All in
- $18,900
- Of that, tools
- $2,800
- Next start
- November 2026
Cosmetology and Nail Technology in Hays and Salina, Kansas. Award-winning, and family-run since 1981.
Next class starts
November 10
November 2026 · Hays and Salina
From tour to license
No mystery, no hidden stages. This is the entire distance between a tour and a license.
What students say
Who stands behind this school
Two different kinds of backing, and they answer two different questions: who says this school is real, and what you'll actually have in your hands.
A cosmetology license is issued by the state, not by a school. These are the bodies that make ours count.
Our national accreditor, the reason federal financial aid is available to those who qualify.
Licenses the school and writes the state board exam you'll sit.
AACS
Member school.
You learn on the products working salons actually stock, and your kit is the real thing, not a student substitute. Hays Academy is a Wella Signature School and a Dermalogica Partner School, and every enrollment includes Qnity's MONEY financial-literacy curriculum.
Wella
Wella Cut Craft
Dermalogica
Qnity
Pivot Point
Sam Villa
Tammy Taylor
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Our goal is to produce the most hire-able, financially responsible graduates in the country! We hope that is your goal too!