I want to go to school to be able to do work in salons like hair, nails, skin care, waxing, etc. Is it better to attend a normal college or a beauty school?
Is there a difference in qualifying for financial aide if you go to a beauty school?
Please no "go to a salon and ask them what they did" answers…if I wanted to go ask salon workers I would, why else do you think I ask online?
Becoming a licensed cosmetologist takes less time, but you also may receive less financial aid as well. It depends on your financial situation and also if you live with your parents.
I had to pay my way through beauty school when I lived at home with my Mom many years ago but you can get a job in a salon upon graduation. BUT….you will be like a starving artist at first for a while..if in the wrong place years…..and being as an apprentice in more upscale salons, you can be one for up to two years…
Getting a college degree can work if you know what you want to do. It’s preferable to earn a degree in a field that you like AND that you can find work in. Only pursue a liberal arts degree if you are going to continue on to be a teacher or lawyer, or writer, or actor, just examples.
If you don’t mind working on the deceased, going to school to do funeral cosmetology, that may be more profitable than regular cosmetology simply because there is more of a market for it.