Private for-profit · Community college

Summit Salon Academy

Anderson, Indiana · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $17,318
Avg net price: 80%
Grad / completion: $25,337
Median earnings

Summit Salon Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Anderson, Indiana (small city setting), enrolling 130 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 130 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Anderson, Indiana

Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. Prior to the organization of Madison County, William Conner entered the land upon which Anderson is located. When General Motors closed its operations in Anderson, the city was dealt a major economic blow, as GM was the biggest employer in Anderson. Nevertheless, in 2007, Anderson was ranked 98th in the Forbes List for 100 Best Places for Businesses among Smaller U.S. Metro areas. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 34 miles to Indianapolis, IN
To Great Lakes shore: 133 miles
Nearest airport: 42 miles to Indianapolis (IND) · major hub

How Summit Salon Academy compares

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 76% · #9 of 46 in Indiana

First-year retention78%

Higher than 60%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,337

Higher than 19% · #30 of 42 in Indiana

Average net price$17,318

Cheaper than 42% · #17 cheapest of 51 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment130

Larger than 34%

Percentiles compare Summit 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 Indiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White81%
Black11%
Hispanic2.3%
Asian0.8%
Other or multiracial5.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 130
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 24%
Median family income: $21,419

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: $17,318

Outcomes

Graduated: 80%
First-year retention: 78%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,921
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,337
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 29%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$14,967

$30–48k

$15,238

$48–75k

$17,210

$75–110k

$20,116

$110k+

$21,219

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. 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 82 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $25,337
Typical debt at graduation: $9,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 39%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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: 84°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 43.8″
Annual snow: 20.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Anderson Sewage Plt, IN US station (4.7 mi from campus).

What Summit Salon Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

111 grads$22k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$12k debt

111$21,529$25,326$11,700

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.