How Maine licenses cosmetology schools
Maine licenses schools and career-technical education centers that teach cosmetology. Check the exact campus and course, then compare how many training hours that program provides toward a cosmetology license.
A school license is the first check
Maine’s Barbering and Cosmetology Licensing Program licenses and regulates schools that provide professional cosmetology courses. Its public license search shows school status and course authorities. A current school license alone does not tell you a program’s cost, class schedule, next start date, or who may enroll.
The school-based route requires 1,500 hours
Maine’s cosmetology examination application describes a 1,500-hour school-instruction route. Compare that requirement with the hours stated for the exact program you are considering. A high-school course that awards some of those hours is not, by itself, the complete school-based route to the licensing exam.
Career-tech hours can count toward later training
Maine’s school reporting form distinguishes a completed 1,500-hour course from a completed career-technical education course. Some high-school programs state that students continue at a postsecondary cosmetology school after graduation. Our profiles identify these as high-school pathways and show the documented hours without implying that the CTE course alone completes licensure training.
Verify the current campus and course
Search the licensee database for the school’s exact name and location, check the license status and cosmetology-course authority, and read the school’s current program page. License details can change; our directory retains the date and source behind each researched fact.