The Beauty Schools of America offers a nail technician certificate program at its location in Hialeah, Florida. Consisting of 240 credit hours, BSA's nail tech courses include nail technology basics and practice; air brush techniques; and hygiene, bacteriology, sanitation and sterilization. The BSA program also has a course designed to educate students about serving customers who have HIV or AIDS.
Headquartered in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Empire Beauty Schools -- under the Empire Education Group umbrella -- offers a nail technology certificate program. Subject areas include manicures and pedicures, nail art, and silk and fiberglass wraps. Several EBS campuses across the country offer the program, including Owings Mills, Maryland and Phoenix, Arizona.
Founded by cosmetologist Ruth Maurer in 1905, the Marinello School of Beauty is named for Giovanni Marinello, who is nicknamed "the Founder of Modern Cosmetology." With campuses concentrated in the western region of the United States, Marinello locations that offer its manicuring/nail technician certificate program include Portland, Oregon; Redding, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Subject areas explored at Marinello include acrylic nails, nails disorders and diseases, and business management skills.
Founded in 1916 by judge Leon Motte in Wilmington, North Carolina, Miller-Motte Technical College has since grown by establishing 16 campuses throughout the southern United States. Its nail tech certificate program offers subject areas such as bacteriology, disinfection, nail structure, pedicures and nail product knowledge. The Chattanooga, Tennessee campus is the only Miller-Motte college location that offers nail tech training.
Located in the county seat of Washington County in Pennsylvania, Penn Commercial Business and Technical School offers a manicure diploma under its Spa & Salon Careers divisions. It is designed for completion in 12 weeks, with 22 credits. Nail tech classes at Penn Commercial include sterilization/sanitation/bacteriology, salon management and state laws, and histology.