Private for-profit · Community college

Spa Tech Institute-Westboro

Westborough, Massachusetts · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $28,170
Avg net price: 77%
Grad / completion: $27,803
Median earnings

Spa Tech Institute-Westboro is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Westborough, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 182 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 182 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Westborough, Massachusetts

Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Before recorded time, the area now known as Westborough was a well-travelled crossroads. As early as 7,000 BCE, prehistoric people in dugout canoes followed the Sudbury and Assabet Rivers to their headwaters in search of quartzite for tools and weapons. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Worcester, MA
To the ocean: 30 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Worcester (ORH)

How Spa Tech Institute-Westboro compares

Graduation rate77%

Higher than 73% · #20 of 52 in Massachusetts

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,803

Higher than 26% · #30 of 34 in Massachusetts

Average net price$28,170

Cheaper than 11% · #43 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment182

Larger than 42%

Percentiles compare Spa Tech Institute-Westboro 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 gender

Women16691%
Men169%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White62%
Black5.0%
Hispanic26%
Asian2.8%
Other or multiracial3.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 182
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 34%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 54%
Median family income: $26,200

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: $28,170

Outcomes

Graduated: 77%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $24,126
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,803
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 53%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

77%

Low-income (Pell)

71%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$26,198

$30–48k

$28,246

$48–75k

$26,676

$75–110k

$30,137

$110k+

$30,722

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?

Spa Tech Institute-Westboro 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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $27,803
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 80°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 48.3″
Annual snow: 72.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Worcester Rgnl AP, MA US station (12.2 mi from campus).

What Spa Tech Institute-Westboro graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

147 grads$21k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$7k debt

147$21,124$25,835$7,117 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

33 grads$22k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$8k debt

33$22,247$25,438$8,127

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.