Franklin Beauty School
4965 Martin Luther King
Houston, TX 77021

The roots of the Franklin Beauty School date back to 1915 in San Antonio, Texas when Madame N.A. Franklin started teaching hair care and beauty to black women in their own homes. Today, the family-owned and operated beauty school is located in Houston, Texas, within MacGregor Plaza Shopping Center. The school uses its 10,000 square feet for training space, classrooms, clinic areas, and a library. Franklin Beauty School offers its students a highly competitive, hands-on education in cosmetology and the art and culture of beauty.

Franklin Beauty School offers both day and evening classes, which makes learning at the institution easily accessible for potential students. Students at Franklin Beauty School are taught and trained using up-to-date technology, techniques, supplies and equipment. After completion of the curriculum Franklin Beauty School will assist its graduates in finding employment. And while no employment is guaranteed, prospective students should consider that the school's highly trained instructors, hands-on learning experience and respectable reputation are attractive to potential employers. Students of the Franklin Beauty School often go on to become hair stylists, nail techs, facial specialists, make-up artists, wig specialists, salon owners, salon managers, state inspectors, state examiners, salon receptionists, platform artists, product tech and/or school owners. Whatever path a graduate chooses, the Franklin Beauty School will provide students valuable training to help them advance within the field of cosmetology and beauty.

Quick facts

• In 1935 the state of Texas provided a state license for cosmetology.


• Ronald Jemison, once an owner of the Franklin Beauty School, became the second black man in Texas history to be announced as part of the Texas Cosmetology Commission.


• Franklin Beauty School is accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences.


• Prospective students may visit Franklin Beauty School's website to watch its commercial.


• A student can enroll in the Franklin Beauty School and become a licensed hair braider in as short as one week.