Nevada Beauty Schools

What to Expect From Nevada's Beauty Schools

As a student enrolled in one of Nevada's beauty schools, your coursework will, of course, include hands-on training in hair styling, hair coloring, manicure/pedicure treatments, skin care, hair removal, and perhaps even massage. But you'll also learn anatomy, biology, and chemistry, and the science behind beauty.

When you're done, you'll take an exam in order to become a fully licensed cosmetologist. Then several exciting careers await you. Aside from that of hair stylist or barber, nail technicians (manicurists/pedicurists) are greatly in demand, as are skin care specialists (also called aestheticians), and make-up artists. Together, cosmetologist jobs are expected to grow faster than average (14 percent) through 2016, with nail tech, skin care specialist, and make-up artist jobs each growing even faster.

Why Roll the Dice in Nevada's Cosmetology Schools?

It would be hard to find a better location in the U.S. to get your start in the beauty industry than Nevada. The Global Language Monitor recently ranked Las Vegas 10th on its list of the Top 30 Fashion Capitals in the World. Las Vegas is one of only three locations in the country that hosts the International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spas conferences, which yearly attract more than 50,000 spa industry professionals showcasing their wares and the latest treatments in the industry. And as for Reno, its proximity to Lake Tahoe and northern California, and its renowned low-tax, business-friendly climate make it an ideal location to work as a self-employed cosmetologist.

Cosmetologists in Nevada (May 2008):

2,440 Hair stylists; $8.91 median hourly income

470 Manicurists/pedicurists; $10.84 median hourly income

520 Skin care specialists; $7.75 median hourly income