Esthetician Schools in the Boston area

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

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$47,480

skincare specialists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$7,495

of 6 with a cost, IPEDS

Esthetician Schools in the Boston area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 6 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Boston: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 7.0 miles, farthest 47.6 miles
Listed program cost: 6 of 6 list one: $7,495 to $12,950, middle $12,950 (IPEDS)
Program length: 6 colleges list a length: 5 months to 9 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 702 esthetician awards at the 6 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
Pay here: $47,480 median for skincare specialists ($22.83 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $36,020 to $68,670; 1,180 employed in the metro area; Massachusetts median $47,310 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics	Woburn, MA	Certificate	$10,225	5 months	236	7.0
EINE Inc	Tewksbury, MA	Certificate	$12,950	9 months	13	10.6
Spa Tech Institute-North Andover	North Andover, MA	Certificate	$12,950	6 months	101	12.3
Jupiter Beauty Academy	Boston, MA	Certificate	$7,495	5 months	93	16.9
Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth	Plymouth, MA	Certificate	$12,950	6 months	208	43.9
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth	Somersworth, NH	Certificate	$12,900	5 months	51	47.6

WIOA in Massachusetts: 922 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Esthetician.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill