Welcome to the 1st Academy of Beauty. We invite you to have a look around our website for more about the exciting opportunities available to you in the hair, skincare, nail, and massage industries.

Mission Statement
1st Academy of Beauty strongly believes that any person who has the ability, desire, and determination to benefit from vocational training programs should be given every opportunity to do so. By enriching lives and educating professionals through original, personalized education in a creative and inspiring environment, 1st Academy of Beauty prepares its graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in the beauty industry. 1st Academy of Beauty’s goal is to fulfill the educational expectations of its students and faculty and to provide the community with beauty professionals capable of meeting the challenges in today’s world of beauty.

Objectives
To provide students with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available in the field of Manicuring, Esthetic, Cosmetology, Barbering, and Beauty.
• To utilize evaluation tools and materials which require the students to effectively demonstrate the integration of the concepts and practical skills they have learned.
• To maintain an instructive environment that respects and welcomes a diversity of individual backgrounds, abilities, interests and opinions.
• To provide a curriculum that teaches students how to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a career environment.
• To teach students proper techniques as well as business ethics.
• To encourage and foster the value of life-long learning in our students.

Programs of Study
1st Academy of Beauty offers several programs of study. The course of study for students enrolled shall consist of the state-mandated technical instructional and practical operations covering all practices constituting the art of cosmetology, barbering, manicuring, esthetician, and teacher training. All programs are offered face to face in residence at the school’s location for theory and practical operations in English and Vietnamese. All programs are also offered via distance education for the theory portion of the program through Milady MindTap. Students are allowed to complete up to 50% of their program hours via distance education.