Private for-profit · Community college

Summit Salon Academy Kansas City

Independence, Missouri · Large suburb

4%
Transfer rate
$20,947
Avg net price
61%
Grad / completion
$24,811
Median earnings

Summit Salon Academy Kansas City is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Independence, Missouri (large suburb setting), enrolling 157 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 157 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Independence, Missouri

Independence is a city mostly in, and one of two county seats of, Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Followed by the Spanish and a brief French tenure, it became part of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Santa-Cali-Gon Days is an annual Labor Day festival held in Independence intermittently since 1940 and continuously since 1973, celebrating the city's history as a starting point of three major frontier trails: the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
406 miles
Nearest airport
22 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Summit Salon Academy Kansas City compares

Graduation rate61%

Higher than 50% · #45 of 70 in Missouri

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,811

Higher than 17% · #55 of 62 in Missouri

Average net price$20,947

Cheaper than 29% · #51 cheapest of 68 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$11,938

Lower than 31%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment157

Larger than 38%

Percentiles compare Summit Salon Academy Kansas City 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 Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White61%
  • Black21%
  • Hispanic8.9%
  • Other or multiracial9.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
157
Student–faculty ratio
11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
67%
First-generation students
58%
Students over 25
31%
Median family income
$17,238

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
$20,947

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
61%
First-year retention
88%
Transferred to another college
4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$17,711
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$24,811
Median debt at graduation
$11,938
Students with federal loans
71%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
41%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$25

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
$16,519
$30–48k
$19,269
$48–75k
$21,741
$75–110k
$110k+
$23,914

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$24,811
Typical debt at graduation
$11,938
Debt vs. one year's pay
48%
Out-earn a HS grad
19%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 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
87°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
44.7″
Annual snow
13.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.06.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Independence, MO US station (2.4 mi from campus).

What Summit Salon Academy Kansas City 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.