Required Degrees and Suggested Courses

All States require barbers, cosmetologists, and most other personal appearance workers to be licensed. Qualifications for a license, however, vary. Generally, a person must have graduated from a State-licensed barber or cosmetology school and be at least 16 years old.

A few States require applicants to pass a physical examination. Some States require graduation from high school while others require as little as an eighth-grade education. In a few States, the completion of an apprenticeship can substitute for graduation from a school, but very few barbers or cosmetologists learn their skills in this way.

Applicants for a license usually are required to pass a written test and demonstrate an ability to perform basic barbering or cosmetology services. Public and private vocational schools offer daytime or evening classes in barbering and cosmetology.

Full-time programs in barbering and cosmetology usually last 9 to 24 months, but training for manicurists and pedicurists, skin care specialists, and electrologists requires significantly less time.

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Some data sourced from: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

 

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