Private for-profit · Community college
Elevate Salon Institute
Royal Oak, Michigan · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,409
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $16,853
- Median earnings
Elevate Salon Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Royal Oak, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 197 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Royal Oak, Michigan
Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Royal Oak was named in 1819, during one of the surveying expeditions led by Territorial Governor Lewis Cass. Downtown Royal Oak features a wide assortment of nightlife venues, including the Royal Oak Music Theatre and the Baldwin Theatre. Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, a comedy club, was an early venue for performers such as Tim Allen and Dave Coulier. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Detroit, MI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 16 miles
- Nearest airport
- 24 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub
How Elevate Salon Institute compares
Higher than 85% · #12 of 96 in Michigan
Higher than 63%
Higher than 2% · #82 of 88 in Michigan
Cheaper than 35% · #60 cheapest of 94 in Michigan
Lower than 90%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 45%
Percentiles compare Elevate Salon Institute 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 Michigan.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black18%
- Hispanic2.5%
- Asian2.0%
- Other or multiracial12%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 197
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 24%
- Median family income
- $13,738
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
- $19,409
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $17,197
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $16,853
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 13%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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?
Elevate Salon Institute 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)
- $16,853
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 38%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 18%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 17°F
- Annual rain
- 33.9″
- Annual snow
- 36″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pontiac Wwtp, MI US station (9.1 mi from campus).
What Elevate Salon Institute graduates study — and earn
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.