ADMISSIONS

North Carolina Esthetics (Skin Care Therapy)

600 Hours

Full-time (20 weeks total)

Part-time (30 weeks total)

Flexible schedules to fit your needs! Check below for 10 separate possible schedules to accommodate anyone, from a high school graduate to a working mom!

Dermacademy’s elite curriculum is approved by the North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Arts. Upon completion of this program, graduates are eligible for licensure as a NC Esthetician. We know our program isn’t designed for everyone, but for those seeking to be the most well-rounded skin care therapists in North Carolina, we offer requirements that far exceed those mandated by state licensure.

Instructional staff includes NC Licensed instructors, licensed estheticians, and business and social media experts.

Our curriculum includes instruction in the fundamental core topics of esthetics as well as the most advanced topics in treatments, technology, ingredients and equipment. Intense classroom theory is paired with hours of hands on practical application in each category of facial and body care and equipment application. We also include a segment on lash extensions and lash lifts and daily training on business building techniques.

We have partnered with Pivot Point International, a 50-year veteran in the cosmetology school industry. In addition to their curriculum focused textbooks, study guide, and state board exam prep you also receive an 18 month access to your Pivot Point online classroom.

Additionally, we are a Dermalogica partner school. This means a curriculum overlay of their materials and integration of their state-of-the-art products!

Click here to get a copy of the current Student Catalog 2026

For prospective students who have already toured and applied but are looking to buy a kit, click here to purchase your kit.

North Carolina Cosmetology Teacher Training (Esthetic Teacher Training) 650 Hours.

Individual hours to accommodate students’ needs.

The esthetics instructor curriculum provides a course of study for learning the skills needed to teach the theory and practice of cosmetology as required by the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Arts (NC Cosmetology State Board).

Course work includes requirements for becoming an instructor, introduction to teaching theory, methods and aids, practice teaching, and development of evaluation instruments.

Graduates of the program may be employed as cosmetology instructors in public or private education and
business.

Advanced Classes

Classes often include lash extensions, lash lifting, brow lamination, and spray tanning for licensed cosmetologists and estheticians.