Cosmetology is projected to grow 10 to 20 percent by the year 2010. That national trend can be seen right here in the Wiregrass. Industry is booming, despite the current recession.
Cosmetology Instructor Elizabeth Chance said, "This is an industry where students can always get jobs. When they finish cosmetology they have so many job opportunities in skin care, hair, nails."
That trend can be seen in Wallace Community College's enrollment numbers.
Dean of Instructional Affairs Mike Babb said, "We have added 50 new students here this term and that is probably 30 more than we had last fall, we are growing by leaps and bounds."
Students looking to go into the hair and nail industry are saving big bucks on their education.
Chance said, “It costs a lot more money to get a four-year degree and a lot of these students are making as much or more money as those people who have a four-year degree."
And many of those students feel confident they will have a job when they graduate.
Senior Cosmetology Student Emily Jones said, "There's always going to be places hiring. There are places hiring right now just for students and they are everywhere. Small towns have salons and everyone needs to get their hair cut."
Senior Cosmetology Student Tammy Love said, “It is a high demand. There are jobs out there every day for a nail tech, private salons, and any salons."
Wallace College will open a new cosmetology facility in January of 2010 that will be triple the size of the current building.
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