Private for-profit · Community college
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,778
- Avg net price
- 55%
- Grad / completion
- $24,148
- Median earnings
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lexington, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 154 undergraduates.
About Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. Lexington was named in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. The Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival, is in early June; it includes three stages for music and a "bluegrass music camp" for school children. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to Lexington, KY
- To Great Lakes shore
- 248 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Blue Grass (LEX)
How Summit Salon Academy-Lexington compares
More selective than 51% · #1 most selective of 2 in Kentucky
Higher than 42% · #25 of 46 in Kentucky
Higher than 82%
Higher than 15% · #32 of 40 in Kentucky
Cheaper than 51% · #24 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky
Lower than 75%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 38%
Percentiles compare Summit Salon Academy-Lexington 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 Kentucky.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women14795%
- Men75%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White82%
- Black8.4%
- Hispanic3.9%
- Other or multiracial5.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 154
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 29%
- Median family income
- $14,052
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
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $14,778
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 81.3%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,903
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,148
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Students with federal loans
- 63%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 17%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $30
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-Lexington 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)
- $24,148
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 33%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 28%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 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
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 49.8″
- Annual snow
- 14.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lexington Bluegrass AP, KY US station (8.3 mi from campus).
What Summit Salon Academy-Lexington 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.