Private for-profit · Community college

Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics

Woburn, Massachusetts · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $20,086
Avg net price: 96%
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Median earnings

Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Woburn, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 174 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 174 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Woburn, Massachusetts

Woburn is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Woburn was first settled in 1640 near Horn Pond, a primary source of the Mystic River, and was officially incorporated in 1642. At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington. The Woburn Business Association is a membership organization consisting of companies located in Woburn, Massachusetts. Memberships are also available to those firms who are situated elsewhere, but do business in Woburn. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED)

How Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics compares

Graduation rate96%

Higher than 95% · #7 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention95%

Higher than 89%

Average net price$20,086

Cheaper than 32% · #30 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$6,233

Lower than 94%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment174

Larger than 41%

Percentiles compare Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White76%
Black3.5%
Hispanic6.3%
Asian10%
Other or multiracial3.4%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 174
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 21%
First-generation students: 47%
Students over 25: 79%
Median family income: $26,643

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,086

Outcomes

Graduated: 96%
First-year retention: 95%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,607
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $6,233
Students with federal loans: 46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 77%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$19,478

$30–48k

$21,711

$48–75k

$23,730

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 50″
Annual snow: 63.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reading, MA US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

209 grads$26k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$8k debt

209$26,234$27,075$7,667

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.