Private for-profit · Community college
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida · Midsize suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $21,113
- Avg net price
- 76%
- Grad / completion
- $27,856
- Median earnings
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Gainesville, Florida (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 83 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States. There is archeological evidence, from about 12,000 years ago, of the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Gainesville area, although it is not known if there were any permanent settlements. Gainesville is known for its support of the visual arts. Each year, two large art festivals attract artists and visitors from all over the southeastern United States. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 6 miles to Gainesville, FL
- To the ocean
- 40 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Gainesville (GNV)
How Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville compares
Higher than 71% · #77 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 55%
Higher than 26% · #117 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 28% · #118 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 36%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 23%
Percentiles compare Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville 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 Florida.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women7692%
- Men78%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White84%
- Black3.6%
- Hispanic6.0%
- Asian2.4%
- Other or multiracial3.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 83
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 55%
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Students over 25
- 38%
- Median family income
- $16,374
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 43 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Florida100%
Most first-years stay in state — Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville draws overwhelmingly from Florida.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $21,113
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
- 76%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,020
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,856
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,000
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 19%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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?
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville 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)
- $27,856
- Typical debt at graduation
- $11,000
- 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.
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
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 43°F
- Annual rain
- 48.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Gainesville 11 Wnw, FL US station (5 mi from campus).
What Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville 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.