Tricoci University of Beauty Culture is a cosmetology school with campuses in the Chicago Metro area, Chicago North West, Bridgeview, Glendale Heights, Libertyville, Peoria and Rockford. The programs of study include a 10 month, full-time cosmetology program; a five-month, full-time esthetics program; a four-month, part-time nail-technology program and a 6- to 10-month, part-time teacher-training program. Admissions depends on age (at least 16 for several programs) and education (at least a GED). The teacher-training program requires that you are 18 years old.
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture
5321 N. Harlem Avenue
Chicago, IL 60656
888-843-6709
tricociuniversity.com/
Cosmetology and Spa Institute has a campus in Crystal Lake, IL, and a second campus opening up in Schaumburg. The programs include cosmetology and esthetics training. The cosmetology program has a 1,500 hour curriculum that can take 10 months full time or 17 months part time. The cosmetology instructor program requires 500 hours of training if you have two years of work experience and 1,000 hours of training if you have less than two years of work experience.
Cosmetology and Spa Institute
700 East Terra Cotta Avenue
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
815-455-5900
csicl.com/
Empire Beauty School of Portland is one of the 96 Empire Beauty School campuses in Maine. Some of the campuses are located in Bangor, Caribou and Waterville. The school has been in business for 70 years, teaching people to become licensed cosmetologists. The programs include Nail Technology, Teacher of Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Cosmetology and Hairstyling. Graduates can go into hair cutting, hair design, hair coloring, salon management, make-up artistry, spa services, manicuring, pedicuring, product development, nail artistry, product sales, cosmetology teaching and esthetics.
Empire Beauty School of Portland
319 Marginal Way
Portland, ME 04101
888-749-5757
empire.edu