Beauty
Beauty is big business! In 2003 the Beauty Business did 72 billion! in revenues. In the United States in 2002 there were 1,604,502 professionals employed in salons. California had 308,748 employed professionals - one-fifth of the total!

The salon industry in California is a job-seekers market today, with over 56% of the salon owners reporting at least one or two job openings immediately.

Today the growing salon industry offers a unique 'zero unemployment' factor - needing many more new salon professionals than we can supply. Lu Ross Academy graduates are highly sought after and work through-out Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties.

Several salons and salon chains recruit on campus and invite active students to consider them after licensure. As the Los Angeles Times Magazine said on 12/8/02, Lu Ross Academy "students have become the spa world's equivalent of Harvard Business School graduates…"

Massage
Massage Therapy is an exciting and rewarding career that feeds your desire to help and nurture others. Most massage therapists enjoy the ability to work full-time or part-time. Each year, acceptance of the value of massages increases and more people turn to massage therapy to help them relieve pain, reduce stress, lengthen muscle tissue to improve posture and movement and stimulate the immune system.

Since 1997, the number of people receiving a massage from a licensed massage therapist has more than doubled. Doctors and other health professionals are turning more to massage to augment traditional western medicine.

This trend will continue to grow. Graduates will find employment in

• Medical Offices
• Physical Therapy Clinics
• Health Clubs
• Hospitals
• Spas
• Nursing Home
• Private Practice
• Corporate employee benefit plans