Barber Schools in Montana
2 barber schools in 2 cities.
How to become a barber in Montana
- License
- Barber
- School hours
- 1,100
- Apprenticeship route
- No
- Minimum age
- 18
- Education
- high school diploma or equivalent
- Exams
- written (theory) and practical (NIC)
- Hours for cosmetologists
- 150
MCA 37-31-304 requires a 1,100-hour course (cut from 1,500 in 2017) and a school diploma; the board may waive the high school requirement, and the statute offers no apprenticeship route. A separate Barber Nonchemical license needs 900 hours. Cosmetologists take a 150-hour supplemental barbering course (125 clipper cutting, 25 shaving) under ARM 24.121.807, and exams are the NIC theory and practical at 75% (ARM 24.121.611).
Cities
- Billings 1
- Great Falls 1