Private for-profit · Community college
Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare
Salt Lake City, Utah · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $22,900
- Avg net price
- 73%
- Grad / completion
- $35,562
- Median earnings
Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Salt Lake City, Utah (large suburb setting), enrolling 117 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. Before settlement by members of the LDS Church, the Shoshone, Weber Ute, and Paiute had dwelt in the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. At the time of Salt Lake City's founding, the valley was within the territory of the Northwestern Shoshone. Salt Lake City is home to several museums. Near Temple Square is the Church History Museum. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- To the ocean
- 544 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Salt Lake City (SLC) · major hub
How Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare compares
Higher than 67% · #23 of 41 in Utah
Higher than 84%
Higher than 51% · #15 of 33 in Utah
Cheaper than 23% · #29 cheapest of 35 in Utah
Lower than 90%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 32%
Percentiles compare Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare 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 Utah.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White44%
- Black2.6%
- Hispanic38%
- Asian3.4%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 117
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 47%
- Median family income
- $27,610
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
- $22,900
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
- 73%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,562
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 54%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 55%
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?
Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare 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)
- $35,562
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 18%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 38%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.8 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
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 17.7″
- Annual snow
- 49″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Salt Lake Triad Ctr, UT US station (3.2 mi from campus).
What Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare 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.