Cosmetology

Learn professional cosmetic services in salons, resorts, casinos, dermatologist’s offices and other related industry establishments. This includes courses in hair design, hair sculpting, chemical, esthetic and other cosmetic services, safety and sanitation, management, customer service, and preparation for practicing as licensed cosmetologist in the state of California.

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Contact Information

Cosmetology Department
(951) 222-8182
CosmoAppointment@rcc.edu
COSM

Barbering Concepts CE	Major Units 47.5-64.5	Typical Time to Completion 2-3 years	Program Requirements
Cosmetology AS CE	Major Units 47.5	Typical Time to Completion 2 years	Program Requirements
Cosmetology Concepts CE	Major Units 53-70	Typical Time to Completion 2-3 years	Program Requirements
Cosmetology Instructor Training CE	Major Units 15	Typical Time to Completion 1 year	Program Requirements
Esthetician CE	Major Units 20	Typical Time to Completion 8 months	Program Requirements
Esthetician Concepts CE	Major Units 30-50.5	Typical Time to Completion 2 years	Program Requirements
Hairstyling Concepts CE	Major Units 40-57.5	Typical Time to Completion 2-3 years	Program Requirements
Manicuring Concepts CE	Major Units 24-41	Typical Time to Completion 2 years	Program Requirements

If you are interested in technical trades, you can explore other instructional pathways in Advanced Technical Trades.

Update COVID-19 Information

At direction of the Riverside County Health Office, the Riverside City College campus is closed and many courses have been moved online. Due to the nature of cosmetology discipline, cosmetology courses must be offered face to face, and thus we have suspended instruction.
The application period for the fall semester, which begins in August, will not be conducted. We encourage you to apply for the spring semester, which begins in January, student must submit the second application during the third Monday – Friday of October.

How to Apply to Cosmetology and Esthetician Programs

The application for acceptance to the Cosmetology and Esthetician Programs is a two application process.

Follow the steps below to apply for RCC’s Cosmetology or Esthetician Programs:

STEP 1

Students can now apply for all of next year’s semesters as early as October 1 of the year before.

Example: Students can apply for 2018 spring, 2018 summer and 2018 fall as early as October 1, 2017.

Students must have an RCC application on file for the semester applying for and must select Cosmetology as Intended Major. Also, Riverside City College (RCC) must be designated home school.

Once student has submitted the RCC online application to become a student, you must wait 3 business days to receive an email with assigned RCC student ID number. Please read this email carefully, as there are more steps required in order to complete the RCC application. If applicant is a new college student, student must complete online orientation, schedule and take an assessment test and submit first semester education plan in order to register for the course and receive any financial aid assistance.

Students can also complete the online Financial Aid (FASFA) application. Be sure to complete the Financial Aid application as early as October 1st of each year, as long as the student is a college student.

STEP 2

Students interested in applying for the Cosmetology or Esthetician Programs must submit a second application under the Supplemental Applications section located in student’s RCC student account listed as the Cosmetology application. The second Cosmetology application is for both Cosmetology and Esthetician Programs. Please know that the second Cosmetology/Esthetician application is only available 15 days out of the entire year, see below for details:

If applying for the fall semester, which begins in August, student must submit the second application during the third Monday – Friday of June.

If applying for the spring semester, which begins in January, student must submit the second application during the third Monday – Friday of October.

If applying for the summer semester, which begins in June, student must submit the second application during the third Monday – Friday of March.

Students can only submit one application so be sure to check the appropriate box. Students will know the application processed if student tries to submit a second time and you receive a message stating student can only submit one application.

Candidates are selected by Lottery

Within 30 days of submitting the second Cosmetology/Esthetician application students will receive an email to student’s RCC student email address stating the status of the student’s application, along with detailed instructions on what to do next, please read this email in its entirety.

If student is not selected, student must submit another application for the next term and be sure to have an RCC application on file for the term student is applying for.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN RCC’S COSMETOLOGY AND ESTHETICIAN PROGRAMS!