Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted with proof of a high school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED). Applicants who do not possess a High School Diploma or GED and or at least 16 years old and wish to register for Jacksonville Beauty Institute, Inc. & Tampa Bay Beauty Institute programs must take the W.B.S.T. (Wonderlic Basic Skills Test) as a basis for admission for ABility-to-Benefit students.

The approved passing scores on the test are as follows:

Once the student passes the test they will be admitted to the desired program. All W.B.S.T. are given by a third party whom has no connection to Jacksonville Beauty Institute, Inc. & Tampa Bay Beauty Institute.

Job Demand in the Cosmetology Industry, 2003 Key FIndings
Information taken from a NACCAS publication

In January 2003, there were 1,604, 502 professionals employed in the nation's 312,959 beauty salons, barber shops, skin care salons, and nail salons. The typical salon is a small full service salon with 5 stations, 3 full-time professionals and 2 part-time professionals. Salon owners report an average of 155 clients per week.

There has been notable growth in the industry since 1999.

*The total number of salon professionals is up 24%
*The total number of salons is up by 5.6%
*The number of chairs or workstations is up by 9%
*The number of employees leaving their position is down 12%, and
*The number of new hires is up 37% since 1999

Other Key Findings

*59% of salon owners classified their salon as a full-service salon, 18% a hair cutting salon, 4% a nail salon and 5% as a barber shop
*57% of salon employees work full time, 33% are part time (20-35 hours), and 10% are low time (less than 20 hours)
*The average salon income, including tips, is about $30,000 - 50,000/ year.

While manicurists are currently only 10% of the current industry employees (up from 2.6% in 1999), some 16% of the anticipated vacancies are professionals with those skills.