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Overview
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich is in a large suburb with more than 250,000 residents. It is in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($22K): Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Largest undergraduate program (41): Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage
Institutional Control
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich is a private for-profit organization and is related to other schools.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school. Please read below for concerns we found in the accreditation records.
Accreditation History
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc. (Accredited July 1, 2003 - present)
- The accreditation was recently renewed on February 28, 2019.
- The next accreditation review is scheduled for September 30, 2023.
- A probation was placed on the accreditation on March 2, 2021 for Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring--Concerns about issues affecting academic quality
Undergraduate Students
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Admissions
Open Admissions
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Credits accepted from new students
Programs
0-1 Year Certificate offerings at Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich
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Costs
Current Program Costs
Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.
The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.
You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.
Aesthetician and Skin Care Specialist (6 Months)
This program is Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 6 months of full-time study to complete the required 600 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Aesthetician and Skin Care Specialist certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,118
$10,550
Context: costs of similar programs
Aesthetician and Skin Care Specialist (3 Months)
This program is Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich's 5th largest program. On average, students take 3 months of full-time study to complete the required 300 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Aesthetician and Skin Care Specialist certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,081
$5,280
Context: costs of similar programs
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage (7 Months)
This program is Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich's 1st largest program. On average, students take 7 months of full-time study to complete the required 650 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,332
$11,750
Context: costs of similar programs
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage (7 Months)
This program is Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 7 months of full-time study to complete the required 770 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,332
$12,925
Context: costs of similar programs
Polarity Therapy (6 Months)
Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$5,009
$5,009
$9,646
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Aesthetician and Skin Care Specialist (6 months)
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Outcomes
Graduation Rate
Approximately 51% of undergraduate students are full-time. In the last reporting year, 86% of full-time first-time students received a degree within 150% of the expected time for completion.
Time to complete
On time
50% more time
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect the percentage of full-time first-time students who graduate with a 2-year degree or certificate within 3 years.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Years after leaving school.
7
5
3
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
Loan burden
At Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich, 90% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $5,408 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
Context: Average freshman federal loan amount
Not so much?
Classroom Experience
Student attention at Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
Housing
Activities and Services
Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
- Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military servicemembers, and their families
Student Body
Study Types
About 51% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
Online classes
Context: Student body size
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich enrolled 95 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 85% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
Women
Undergraduate student race/origin
Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich reports that 7% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Hispanic
Not Reported
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich.
Context: Percentage of women
With 76% women students, Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich has a higher percentage of women than 63% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Spa Tech Institute - Ipswich compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
Freshman residence
In-state
Out-of-state
International
Not Reported
Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
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25-29
30-34
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40-49
50-64
