Cosmetology Schools in the Boston area

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (Massachusetts, New Hampshire)

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$37,430

hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$11,642

of 7 with a cost, IPEDS

Cosmetology Schools in the Boston area at a glance

Open to the public: 8 programs: 8 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Boston: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 5.1 miles, farthest 44.6 miles
Listed program cost: 7 of 8 list one: $11,642 to $21,480, middle $14,590 (IPEDS)
Program length: 7 colleges list a length: 7 months to 12 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 29 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 251 cosmetology awards at the 8 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 8 on Massachusetts's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $37,430 median for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists ($18.00 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $31,600 to $78,850; 7,870 employed in the metro area; Massachusetts median $37,290 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
North Shore Community College	Danvers, MA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	17	5.1
New England Hair AcademyWIOA list	Malden, MA	Certificate	$16,550	7 months	51	11.8
Empire Beauty School-Malden	Malden, MA	Certificate	$13,600	7 months	64	11.9
Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute	Lowell, MA	Certificate	$14,590	8 months	19	12.6
Jupiter Beauty Academy	Boston, MA	Certificate	$12,201	12 months	13	20.3
Paul Mitchell the School-Portsmouth	Portsmouth, NH	Certificate	$19,050	11 months	41	36.4
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School	Franklin, MA	Certificate	$11,642	10 months	14	39.3
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth	Somersworth, NH	Certificate	$21,480	12 months	32	44.6

WIOA in Massachusetts: 922 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Cosmetology.
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