Esthetics
Student Consumer Information
INSTITUTIONAL OPEID NUMBER: 007372
CIP NUMBER: 12.0409 Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist
PROGRAM NAME: ESTHETICS
DEGREE LEVEL(S): CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This course consists of the art and science of skin care. Completion of this 600-hour course results in the awarding of a certificate and qualifies graduates to apply for a New York State Esthetics License. Austin’s program in Esthetics focuses on the development of the knowledge bases and skills that students need to not only pass the NYS Esthetics Licensing Exam but also to become exemplary professionals in skin care.
SOC CODE(S) AND LINKS TO OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION:
39-5010 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5010.pdf
39-5011 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5011.pdf
39-5012 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5012.pdf
39-5092 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5092.pdf
39-5093 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5093.pdf
39-5094 ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/occ_pdf/occ_39-5094.pdf
2010-2011 OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK LINKS:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/pdf/ocos332.pdf
TOTAL PROGRAM TUITION AND FEES: $5,500
ESTIMATED PROGRAM COSTS FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES: $695
TOTAL CAMPUS LIVING ANNUAL ROOM AND BOARD CHARGES: None
URL LINK TO COLLEGE WEB SITE PROGRAM COSTS: Available in Catalog, only.
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETION INFORMATION
NORMAL PROGRAM COMPLETION LENGTH IN MONTHS: 8
% STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE PROGRAM WITHIN NORMAL LENGTH DURING 2010-2011: 68%
DEBT AT PROGRAM COMPLETION
MEDIAN CUMULATIVE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT: $5,798
JOB PLACEMENT INFORMATION
PROGRAM 2010-2011 JOB PLACEMENT RATE: 59.09%
JOB PLACEMENT COHORT DESCRIPTION:
Who is included in this sample?
This information provided includes all students who completed the program(s) between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
What kinds of jobs did they get?
Esthetician: Facial & Body Treatments, Clinical Skin Care/Paramedical Esthetics, Superfluous Hair Removal, Makeup Artistry, and Retail Sales.
Esthetic graduates are placed infield in Spas, Medical Spas, Dermatologist and Plastic Surgeons offices and Salons. However, those esthetic graduates who are employed out of field (not employed in a Salon, Spa or Medical Spa) are considered not employed. Nevertheless, certain esthetic graduates are exempt from the placement rate, for medical or continuing education.
Who were their employers?
Day Dreams, Medberry Inn and Spa, Joli Salon and Spa, Classical Concepts and Mirror Images.
How do we survey our graduates?
Esthetics Graduates are surveyed every 90 days by their employers through an employer survey, which consists of the following questions: How well do you feel the education at Austin’s prepared the student for the position? Please list some of the strengths of the school/program and how it prepared the student for work, etc…
How do we obtain the placement rates information?
The placement rate is based on program completers who were employed within 180 days of program completion and were employed for at least 13 weeks. To obtain the placement rate information, career services calculates with the following mathematical formula: Total Placed esthetics graduates divided by total esthetics graduates minus the exempt esthetics graduates.
To whom do we report this information?
Austin’s School of Spa Technology periodically submits job placement information both to the New York State Education Department and to the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS).
Austin’s School of Spa Technology is licensed by the New York State Education Department, Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision.
New York State Education Department
The Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services
Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision
99 Washington Avenue, Room 1613 OCP,
Albany, New York 12234
(518) 474-3969 Phone
http://www.acces.nysed.gov/bpss
Austin’s School of Spa Technology is accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts & Sciences, Inc. The National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts & Sciences is recognized by the United States Department of Education as a national accrediting agency for postsecondary schools and programs of cosmetology arts and sciences, electrology, and massage.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
4401 Ford Avenue, Suite 1300
Alexandria, VA 22302
(703) 600-7600 Phone