FAQ2025-06-11T12:00:22-06:00

FAQ

American Institute of Beauty Frequently Asked Questions

Below are Frequently Asked Questions. If you don’t find the answers you are looking for here feel free to call us.

Is American Institute of Beauty an accredited school?2025-05-30T17:40:02-06:00

American Institute of Beauty is nationally accredited by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, also referred to as MSA-CESS.

Exactly where is American Institute of Beauty located?2025-05-06T12:42:36-06:00

The Largo Cosmetology Campus is located at 3665 East Bay Drive, Suite 164, Largo, Florida 33771. The phone number is 727-532-2125.

The St. Petersburg Barber Campus is located at 2800 34th St. North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33713. The phone number is 727-826-0969.

How do I apply to the school?2025-05-06T12:42:57-06:00

Fill out the contact us form or call 727-532-2125 (Largo) or 727-826-0969 (St. Pete) Our Admissions Team will be happy to schedule a tour and help guide you through the process that could make your dreams come true!

What is the schedule of your programs?2025-05-06T12:43:17-06:00

We offer a full-time day program, part-time day program, and part-time evening program. Flexible hours for busy lives!

Do you offer Financial Aid?2025-05-06T12:43:40-06:00

Our school offers financial aid to those who qualify in the form of Pell Grants and Direct Student Loans. Our Financial Aid Officers will assist you through the process of completing your financial aid application.

Do you offer job placement assistance?2025-05-06T12:44:01-06:00

We offer job placement assistance to all our graduates. As a beauty school with over 20 years of experience in our local community, we have built up relationships with local salons, spas, and barbershops to connect our graduates with many of the top businesses in the area. Our Career Days, held twice per year, are very exciting and hold excellent opportunities for salon, spa, and barbershop owners and industry partners to visit and interview with our talented future professionals and alumni.

When do classes start?2025-05-30T17:27:07-06:00

Class start dates vary by program and campus. Please contact the Admissions Team for more information by completing the form or giving us a call at 727-532-2125 (Largo) or 727-826-0969 (St. Pete).

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Changing the Future of Beauty Training Today!

American Institute of Beauty (AIB) is an innovative Florida Beauty, Barber, Massage and Skin Care School centrally located in Pinellas County, with campuses in Largo and St. Petersburg. The school offers programs in CosmetologyBarbering/Hair DesignClinical Skin CareFull Specialty (nails & skin)Massage TherapyNail TechnologySpa Therapy (massage & skin), and Fundamental Skin Care. AIB students receive a robust solid education including theory, clinical application, and professional development. Our goal is to prepare our students for a long-term career in the beauty industry and give each student an exceptional educational experience!

AIB is different because we teach fresh, current techniques that employers are looking for in their new hires. We use industry-leading product lines which help to create a real-life salon & spa environment, combined with experienced educators who motivate, develop, and equip our students with the best hands-on training, product knowledge, current trends, and business management skills available.

Whether you’re training to become a licensed Cosmetologist, Barber, Clinical Esthetician, Massage Therapist, Nail Technologist, Skin Care Specialist, Spa Therapist, or Full Specialist it’s all about being in the know. At AIB we make it FUN and EXCITING while learning trend-setting and cutting-edge skills with a BIG emphasis on creativity!

A little self-care doesn’t have to take all day✨ Our Express Facial may be quick, but it still packs plenty into one refreshing service! From an in-depth cleanse and exfoliation to a mask, toner, and moisturizer, our future professionals get to practice the steps that help leave your skin feeling fresh, clean, and cared for🫧

Shoutout to Ally C. (@bare.by.ally), one of our Advanced Esthetics future professionals, for capturing and creating this Reel!🎥 Ally did a beautiful job showcasing both her esthetics skills and creativity. We LOVE seeing our future professionals find their own ways to share the skills they’re building and putting into practice at AIB❤️

Ready for YOUR refresh? Come experience an Express Facial at AIB for just $20!😮 Call to book your appointment 👇️ 

Largo Campus: 727-532-2125
St. Pete Campus: 727-826-0969
Bradenton Campus: 941-222-0456

*All services are performed by students under the supervision of licensed professionals*
Today, we’re celebrating 3 amazing years of Asia at AIB!❤️As our day Skin Care Educator at the St. Pete campus, Asia has spent the last three years helping future professionals turn their interest in skin care into the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to begin building careers of their own.

Being an educator is about so much more than teaching what’s in a textbook. It’s answering the questions, demonstrating a technique one more time, celebrating the moments when everything finally clicks, and encouraging future professionals through every step of their journey. Over the past three years, Asia has been there for so many of those moments🎓️✨

With every class she teaches and every future professional she guides, Asia is helping shape the next generation of skin care professionals and leaving her mark on an industry she loves. The knowledge and encouragement she shares in the classroom today will continue forward through the careers of the future professionals she’s helped prepare💆‍♀️

Asia, thank you for three years of dedication to your future professionals, your program, and our St. Pete campus. We’re so grateful to have you as part of the AIB family and to celebrate this milestone with you!

Happy 3-Year AIB Anniversary, Asia!🎉🥳 Here’s to the future professionals you’ve already impacted and all those still to come! 🥂❤️
Today, we celebrate the hard work, dedication, and passion that keep our communities moving forward❤️💙🤍

From the professionals already making their mark to the future professionals working toward the careers they love, we’re proud to recognize the talent, creativity, and commitment behind every craft.

Happy Labor Day from all of us at American Institute of Beauty!💪✂️ Stay safe and we'll see you back at school again tomorrow🏫
There’s always more to learn behind the chair✂️ Our St. Pete Cosmetology and Barbering future professionals recently had the opportunity to learn from Ashly Rose (@scissorsandash) during a special education class presented by @hanzonation!💈

Ashly joined our classes for hands-on haircutting education, demonstrating two different layered cuts—one with longer layers and one with a shorter, more shaped finish. Throughout each demo, she broke down the techniques behind creating a well-balanced haircut, showing our future professionals how to strategically remove weight, build movement, and use different types of shears to achieve the desired result.

Beyond the finished cuts, Ashly gave our future professionals a closer look at how the right tool, and knowing how and when to use it, can completely change the way a haircut comes together💇‍♀️

A huge thank you to Ashly Rose and Hanzo Shears for spending time with our St. Pete future professionals and sharing your skills, wisdom, and passion for the craft!❤️

We’re grateful for every opportunity that brings industry education directly into our classrooms and gives our future professionals another chance to learn, ask questions, and continue sharpening their skills✨
That’s a wrap on AIB’s FIRST Back-to-School Savings Week!🎒✂️ What started as a way to help local families prepare for a new school year turned into a week filled with fresh cuts, new looks, lots of smiles and plenty of hands-on experience for our future professionals🤝

There’s something special about seeing someone light up when they see their finished look, and knowing our future professionals got to play a part in helping them feel ready and confident for that first day back made this event even more meaningful.

A huge THANK YOU to every family who visited one of our campuses, trusted our future professionals and helped make our first Back-to-School event such a success! We loved getting to be part of your back-to-school preparations❤️

We hope everyone’s school year is off to an amazing start and that your fresh haircuts, manicures and other AIB glow-ups helped you walk into it feeling confident and ready to take on the year!📚✨ Here’s to a great school year ahead!🤩
Kinda chic meets AIB✨ We’ve been seeing this trend everywhere and obviously had to give it the beauty school treatment💆‍♀️ 

Beauty school comes with transformations, creativity, new skills, new friends, the distinct smell of a perm (IYKYK), approximately 4,782 before & after photos and a whole lot of “wait… I actually DID that?!” moments💅✂️💈

We’ll let the carousel take it from here➡️
There’s so much value in connecting our future professionals directly with employers in the industry! 💆‍♀️✨ Our Massage Therapy future professionals recently heard from Marisol, co-owner of SolVita Wellness Spa (@mysolvita), who stopped by to share more about SolVita, what they look for in potential team members, and their current opportunities for licensed massage therapists!

As our future professionals prepare for careers in the massage industry, opportunities like this give them a chance to learn about local employers and the career possibilities waiting for them after graduation🎓️

A big thank you to Marisol and SolVita Wellness Spa for spending time with our future professionals, sharing your perspective as an employer, and helping them feel even more prepared for their next chapter! 💆‍♂️🌿
Today, we’re celebrating 4 incredible years of Fran at AIB! ✨💆‍♀️If you’ve had the opportunity to learn from Fran, you know there’s something special about the way she teaches. She brings a calm, encouraging presence to the classroom, a wealth of skin care knowledge, and a genuine investment in seeing each of her future professionals grow and succeed.

Over the last four years, Fran has helped shape so many aspiring advanced esthetics professionals; not only by teaching them the techniques and knowledge they’ll need in their careers, but by encouraging them to trust themselves, build their confidence, ask questions, and continue pushing toward their potential🎓️ 

The best educators leave an impact that reaches far beyond the classroom, and Fran has certainly done that. Every future professional she has encouraged, every skill she has helped strengthen, and every bit of knowledge she has shared has become a small part of the careers they’re building❤️

Fran, thank you for four years of patience, mentorship, encouragement, and heart! We’re so grateful for everything you bring to our Advanced Esthetics program, our future professionals, and the entire AIB family.

Happy 4-Year AIB Anniversary, Fran! 🎉 Here’s to four years of making a difference, and so many more future professionals whose journeys will be better because you were a part of them🤝😍
Ashley said new cut… might as well get a new color to match🔥 This transformation came together in TWO parts, and we caught the whole journey from start to finish!

It all started when AIB Cosmetology future professional Ashley (@ashlee10300_) modeled for Rolando Aqui’s (@rolandoaqui) live haircut demo during his visit to our Bradenton campus, where he kicked off her new look with a fresh short cut✂️

But why stop there? 👀 With the cut complete, Ashley was ready to switch things up even more taking her natural hair color to a rich, dark auburn❤️‍🔥 Fellow Cosmetology future professional Kayla D. (@kayla_klips) brought the color to life, with Ms. E lending her expertise throughout the service!

And that final reveal?! The cut + the color came together SO GOOD👏

A huge thank you to Rolando again for sharing his talent and education with our future professionals, Kayla D., for bringing Ashley’s color vision to life, and Ms. E for providing her guidance and supervision throughout the color process🎨

Ashley, this transformation looks GREAT on you! 😍
Okayyyy, Olivia with the good hair, we see you👀🤍✨Because when the layers are layering, the blonde is BLONDING, and the blowout has this much bounce… we have to give credit where credit is due💁‍♀️

✂️ Cut: Brenda P. (@rosesbloomco) understood the assignment with these gorgeous, flowy layers.

💨 Blowout: Bree F. (@curlupand.dy3) brought it all together with the volume, movement, and that fresh-from-the-salon finish.

Two sets of talented hands. One flawless finish🤌🔥
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