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Salon Professional Academy

Howell, New Jersey · Large suburb

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Transfer rate
$17,492
Avg net price
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Grad / completion
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Median earnings

Salon Professional Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Howell, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 237 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 237 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Howell, New Jersey

Howell Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The Lenape who inhabited the area spoke the Northern dialect of Unami and several of their most prominent footpaths would become roadways, including sections of U.S. Route 9 and Route 33. St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox Church cathedral, originally established in 1936 and decorated with Byzantine-style frescos, that operates under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
41 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean
10 miles
Nearest airport
33 miles to Trenton Mercer (TTN)

How Salon Professional Academy compares

First-year retention93%

Higher than 86%

Average net price$17,492

Cheaper than 41% · #41 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment237

Larger than 49%

Percentiles compare Salon Professional 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 race / ethnicity

  • White61%
  • Black9.3%
  • Hispanic25%
  • Asian2.1%
  • Other or multiracial2.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
237
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
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Students over 25
31%

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
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Room & board
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Total cost of attendance
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Average net price
$17,492

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
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First-year retention
93%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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Median debt at graduation
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Students with federal loans
31%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$200

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.

< $30k
$17,492
$30–48k
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$48–75k
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$75–110k
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$110k+
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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.

25%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,735
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 25% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,735. 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 130 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
48.6″
Annual snow
23.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Freehold-Marlboro, NJ US station (12.2 mi from campus).

What Salon Professional Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
115 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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.