Maryland Esthetics Degree Programs

Esthetics Degrees and Training in Maryland

Esthetician programs can lead to several career choices

Becoming an esthetician, or aesthetician, can be a satisfying, versatile career in itself, or a way to expand business opportunities at a beauty shop, spa, or medical office. Esthetician courses vary greatly.

Match esthetician training to your career goals

If becoming an esthetician as quickly and cheaply as possible is important, you may prefer a local or regional school with minimum requirements. If your goal is operating a business or becoming a medical esthetician, choose a more comprehensive program. Esthetician schools can have some or all of the following courses:

1. Record-taking: Creating a record of a client's verbal description plus evaluating the skin's appearance, condition, and treatments
2. Equipment use: Using visors, magnifying lamps, lasers, and other tools
3. Preparation: How and when to cleanse a client's skin with the appropriate products
4. Treatments: Improving facial or other skin with appropriate products and techniques including chemical peels, masks, laser hair removal, electrology, and supervised medical treatments
5. Business: Referring clients to doctors, record keeping, finances, marketing, communications, and more

Esthetician career possibilities

May 2010 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a mean hourly wage of $15.90 per hour and a mean annual income of $32,030 for those working in the field. Career preparation can require licensing, work experience, and a certificate or associate degree. Your career opportunities include:

1. Full or part-time work at a hair salon or spa
2. Operating your own business
3. Work in a dermatologist's office and potentially do more advanced procedures

Being an esthetician is satisfying work because it affects your clients' appearance and self confidence. It can be skilled, meaningful work in a fast-growing field.

Esthetics Career and Technical Schools in Maryland:

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Baltimore School of Massage - Baltimore

Get the hands-on training you need to succeed in a job you'll love at The Baltimore School of Massage. This accredited school has been training health care professionals for over 25 years, and offers career-focused programs in Massage Therapy, Esthetics (Skin Care), Shaitsu and Asian Bodywork, and more. Job placement assistance is available to all graduates.

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Baltimore School of Massage's Steiner Institute of Esthetics

Prepare for a Career That You Will Love - in Massage Therapy! Massage Therapy is a flexible and rewarding career in which you not only take care of others, you also take care of yourself! You can work in a resort spa, cruise ship, medical office, sports clinic, destination spa, or a day spa close to home. You can even start your own private practice!

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Fortis Institute - Woodlawn (Formerly known as Medix School West)

Are you ready to take the next step toward realizing your career dreams? Fortis Institute can help you get there. At Fortis Institute, we pride ourselves on providing a quality postsecondary career education to students through a range of degree and diploma programs in high-demand fields such as Medical Assisting, Medical Billing and Coding, Dental Assistant, and Medical Business & Clinical Specialist. We offer a change-oriented educational approach that focuses on helping students develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that they'll need to succeed in existing and emerging careers. For our graduates, we also provide job placement assistance through our Career Services Center.

* Programs vary by location

* Please contact each individual campus for accreditation information