Private for-profit · Community college
Innovate Salon Academy
South Plainfield, New Jersey · Large suburb
- 1%
- Transfer rate
- $42,607
- Avg net price
- 94%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Innovate Salon Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in South Plainfield, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 288 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About South Plainfield, New Jersey
South Plainfield is a borough in northern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Tumi Inc. is a manufacturer of suitcases and bags for travel that was founded in 1975 by Charlie Clifford after serving in Peru with the Peace Corps. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 25 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 8 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub
How Innovate Salon Academy compares
Higher than 93% · #9 of 89 in New Jersey
Higher than 90%
Cheaper than 1% · #81 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey
Lower than 90%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 52%
Percentiles compare Innovate Salon Academy 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 New Jersey.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women27194%
- Men176%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White26%
- Black20%
- Hispanic49%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial3.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 288
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Students over 25
- 35%
- Median family income
- $22,870
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
- $42,607
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
- 94%
- First-year retention
- 96%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,918
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 51%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $100. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 96 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 48.7″
- Annual snow
- 21.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Plainfield, NJ US station (3.9 mi from campus).
What Innovate Salon Academy 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.