Private for-profit · Community college
Montana Academy of Salons
Great Falls, Montana · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $15,935
- Avg net price
- 67%
- Grad / completion
- $28,841
- Median earnings
Montana Academy of Salons is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Great Falls, Montana (small city setting), enrolling 126 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Cascade County. For much of prehistory, no permanent settlements existed at or near Great Falls, though Salish Indians seasonally hunted bison in the region. Great Falls has a symphony orchestra, founded in 1959, which performs concert series, sponsors the youth orchestras the Cascade String Quartet and Chinook Winds Quintet, offers chamber ensembles, and offers an educational outreach program. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 134 miles to Missoula, MT
- To the ocean
- 507 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Great Falls (GTF)
How Montana Academy of Salons compares
Higher than 58% · #3 of 17 in Montana
Higher than 95%
Higher than 28% · #9 of 15 in Montana
Cheaper than 47% · #16 cheapest of 17 in Montana
Lower than 48%
Lower than 39%
Larger than 33%
Percentiles compare Montana Academy of Salons 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 Montana.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White67%
- Black6.3%
- Hispanic5.6%
- Asian1.6%
- Other or multiracial19%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 126
- Student–faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
- First-generation students
- 46%
- Students over 25
- 46%
- Median family income
- $18,964
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
- $15,935
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
- 67%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,826
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,841
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Students with federal loans
- 38%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 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?
Montana Academy of Salons 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)
- $28,841
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 34%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 15.4″
- Annual snow
- 66.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Great Falls 16ST, MT US station (1.4 mi from campus).
What Montana Academy of Salons 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.