Most Part-Time-Friendly Beauty Schools in Boston, MA Metro Area
Sometimes, school isn't the only thing on your agenda as an adult student. You're balancing all aspects of your life, and a school unable to accommodate that can make education take a back burner. But you don't need to wait! Below are the most part-time-friendly schools in Boston.
Boston, MA Most Part-Time-Friendly Beauty Schools
#1: Jupiter Beauty Academy — Boston
73.1% part-time students
Jupiter Beauty Academy offers a 1,000-hour cosmetology program, 600-hour aesthetics program, 100-hour nail technology program, and 650-hour massage therapy program.
The beauty school offers part-time schedules for all its programs, with classes from 9:00 to 4:00 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. three days a week. Additionally, half of the school's aesthetics program is online.
#2: Alexander Academy — Lunenburg
48.1% part-time students
Alexander Academy offers 1,000-hour programs in cosmetology and barbering. Part-time students can complete the program in 11 months, with classes scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
"I went to school here at Alexander Academy and had the best experience right off the bat. Everyone from the director to the instructors were all very helpful throughout the whole time that I attended the school. Thank you for teaching me what was only a hobby to me and that has now become a career for me," says one graduate.
#3: Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics — Woburn
41.2% part-time students
The Catherine Hinds Institute offers a 900-hour master esthetics program and a 600-hour esthetics program. The school offers both day and evening part-time schedules for its programs. Daytime classes are from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Evening classes are from 6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Keeping things to the point, one former student says, "Changed my life. I am now a working Master Esthetician. Thanks to all the dedicated and knowledgeable CHI team for helping me every step of the way."
#4: Massachusetts School of Barbering — Quincy
38.2% part-time students
Established in 1940, the Massachusetts School of Barbering is the longest-running barber school in New England. It offers a 1,000-hour barber program with both day and evening classes available. The school prioritizes short-term, intensive training, boasting you can complete the program in seven months.
36.2% part-time students
Spa Tech Institute's Westborough location offers massage, esthetics, and polarity therapy programs. The 650 and 770-hour massage programs can be completed in seven months on a part-time evening schedule or during "mothers hours," meaning when children are in school. The 600-hour esthetics program can be completed in 6.5 months as a part-time student.
#6: New England Hair Academy — Malden
34.7% part-time students
#7: Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute — Lowell
33.7% part-time students
#8: Spa Tech Institute — Plymouth
33.7% part-time students
#9: Empire Beauty School — Malden
30.8% part-time students
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Methodology and Editor’s Notes
We compared educational institutions from the Beauty Schools Directory database of beauty programs across the U.S. Those analyzed for these rankings were educational institutions that:
Data was sourced from 2022, the latest available as of publication date.