Accessing government student loans for your beauty studies

Can hair and esthetics students access government loans?

In short, yes, hair and esthetics students can access government loans. However, not every program/course available to students offers the option.

So many courses to choose from!

If you haven’t noticed, there is a plethora of beauty industry courses to choose from. Whatever your final destination is in the beauty industry, you have multiple paths you can take to get there. For example, you can start slow and take one course at a time. Technical training usually last from one to four days. It is common for trainers to share the theory component with students one to two weeks before the technical training takes place.

Not all beauty courses offer a technical component. Covid brought a rise of online beauty courses that persist today.

Learn at your pace

While hair is a regulated industry in Alberta, esthetics is not. Therefore, short courses can kickstart a career in personal care services. After acquiring a clientele, you can take other courses to add to your service menu. Before you know it, you have become a fully licensed esthetician, and you did it at your own pace 😉

Learn on the job

Learning on the job is another option for both, hair and esthetics. Learning on the job for hair students is called an apprenticeship. Because hairstylists are regulated in Alberta, apprenticeships are monitored closely to maintain industry standards. While you still have to attend technical training at some point of your apprenticeship, it is a sliver of time and costs a fraction of attending a full time program.

Learn full/part time in school

This last option is the only option that offers the capacity for student loans. However, not every trainer that offers full and part time programs offers government student loans in Alberta. Fortunately though, people looking for full time studies have a few options for trainers in Alberta that offer government student loans.

If accessing government loans is the only option for you to pay for schooling, keep in mind that you yourself have to be eligible for student loans.

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