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22 schools in Massachusetts offer cosmetology-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Federal program data groups cosmetology with barbering — schools below may offer any of these.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | public | $5,662 | 36.9% | $36,966 |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers | public | $9,000 | 30.4% | $45,391 |
| Empire Beauty School-Malden | Malden | private for-profit | $18,534 | 69.5% | $23,921 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Worcester | Worcester | private for-profit | $25,383 | 89.4% | $30,033 |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River | Fall River | private for-profit | $29,124 | 85.1% | $32,113 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro | Westborough | private for-profit | $28,170 | 76.1% | $27,803 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth | Plymouth | private for-profit | $31,895 | 86.9% | $27,803 |
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology | West Springfield | private for-profit | $16,975 | 74.6% | $14,195 |
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover | North Andover | private for-profit | $38,758 | not reported | $27,803 |
| Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics | Woburn | private for-profit | $20,086 | 94.5% | not reported |
| Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute | Lowell | private for-profit | $14,839 | 72.7% | not reported |
| Massachusetts School of Barbering | Quincy | private for-profit | $15,216 | 76.9% | not reported |
| Rob Roy Academy-New Bedford | New Bedford | private for-profit | $25,805 | not reported | not reported |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | South Easton | public | $7,060 | 68.7% | not reported |
| Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | Taunton | private for-profit | $20,493 | not reported | not reported |
| New England Hair Academy | Malden | private for-profit | $16,917 | 70.4% | not reported |
| EINE Inc | Tewksbury | private for-profit | $22,951 | not reported | not reported |
| Charles H McCann Technical School | North Adams | public | $14,998 | 94.3% | not reported |
| COLLECTIV Academy-Worcester | Worcester | private for-profit | $24,598 | 83.7% | not reported |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School | Franklin | public | $11,682 | 77.4% | not reported |
| Alexander Academy | Lunenburg | private for-profit | $32,061 | 62% | not reported |
| Jupiter Beauty Academy | Boston | private for-profit | not reported | 84.8% | not reported |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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