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Esthetic Sciences

Why Choose the Esthetic Sciences Program?

Esthetic Sciences is a field devoted to health and beauty. Specialists provide clients with specialized skin care treatments and recommendations, and that requires a tremendous level of knowledge, as well as a positive and engaging personality and devoted work ethic. Our Esthetic Sciences program prepares students for a career in the esthetics field by offering students opportunities to build all of these skills. Students work with each other in class and real-world patients in CPTC's student-operated Esthetics Salon, offering the opportunity to see and treat a diverse set of skin types. Our award-winning program ranks among the top in the state for its training, hands-on learning opportunities and one of the highest pass rates at state boards. If you have a passion for health and beauty and a strong work ethic, consider this program and career path.

In our Esthetic Sciences Program you'll get hands-on training with live models and professional clientele. Our program can prepare you to work in spas, salons, medical offices, medi-spas, and dermatology and plastic surgery offices.

How Long It Takes:

Esthetic Sciences AAT Degree: 4 Quarters

Master Esthetician Certificate: 3 Quarters*

*The evening Master Esthetician’s Certificate program prepares a currently-licensed esthetician to gain the knowledge and skill set for becoming a master esthetician in the State of Washington. You must be currently licensed by the Washington State Department of Licensing as an esthetician. High school diploma or equivalency required. A mandatory orientation is required before admission to the program.

All program lengths are estimates and are not guarantees.

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Potential Careers

SKINCARE SPECIALIST

Median annual pay in Washington:

$42,460 per year

Full Career Details

Career Pathway

This is not a guarantee of employment or a certain wage. Full career data available at careerinfo.net.

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Meet Your Instructors

Maureen Shields

Bldg 2, Rm 104
253-589-5738
maureen.shields@cptc.edu

Melissa Siedlicki

Melissa graduated from CPTC's Esthetic Sciences Program in 1987, the Esthetics Instructor Cadet Training in 1994, and the Cosmetology program in 1998 and started teaching at CPTC in 1998. She’s also a CIDESCO international diplomat and was one of the key members of the group that worked on the esthetics-licensing law that passed in May 2013.

Bldg 8, Rm 323
253-589-5748
melissa.siedlicki@cptc.edu

Karlee Sorensen

Bldg 8, Rm 323
253-589-5736
karlee.sorensen@cptc.edu

Jennifer Whipple

Bldg 8, Rm 323
253-589-5883
jennifer.whipple@cptc.edu

Esthetic Sciences Program Information Sessions occur at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information and a complete schedule of session dates, view our Program Info Session Schedule.

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STORIES ABOUT OUR ESTHETICS PROGRAM

Fashion Show and Food Sculptures Make for Successful Winter Fest

Clover Park Technical College’s Associated Student Government hosted its annual Winter Fest last week, packing McGavick Conference Center with activities, booths and shows for students.

CPTC Esthetics Program Named School of the Year

While Lira Clinical representative Aimee Fuentes often visits Clover Park Technical College to educate esthetic students and clients about Lira products, her visit early this week served a more congratulatory purpose.

The ‘Esthe Sisters’

While a student in the Esthetic Sciences Program, Renee Beck made a joke. “I’ll open my own place so all my friends can work there and we can see each other,” she recalled.