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The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton

Appleton, Wisconsin · Midsize suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$19,436
Avg net price
82%
Grad / completion
$32,317
Median earnings

The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Appleton, Wisconsin (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 81 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 81 undergradsMidsize suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton is a city, and the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet and Winnebago counties. The territory where Appleton is today was formerly occupied by the Ho-Chunk and the Menominee. The Menominee Nation ceded the territory to the United States in the Treaty of the Cedars in 1836. Appleton tourist attractions include the Hearthstone Historic House Museum, the four-story mansion that was the first house in US to be powered by hydroelectricity at its completion in 1881. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
30 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Appleton (ATW)

How The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 80% · #10 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,317

Higher than 40% · #23 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$19,436

Cheaper than 34% · #31 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$9,991

Lower than 46%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment81

Larger than 23%

Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton 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 Wisconsin.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White89%
  • Hispanic4.9%
  • Asian4.9%
  • Other or multiracial1.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
81
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
36%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
8%
Median family income
$33,093

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
$19,436

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
82%
First-year retention
88%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$25,461
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$32,317
Median debt at graduation
$9,991
Students with federal loans
47%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
38%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

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
$16,783
$30–48k
$17,268
$48–75k
$21,223
$75–110k
$23,344
$110k+
$23,344

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.

7%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,075
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,075. 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 45 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)
$32,317
Typical debt at graduation
$9,991
Debt vs. one year's pay
31%
Out-earn a HS grad
24%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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
82°F
Winter low
10°F
Annual rain
33.1″
Annual snow
49.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Appleton, WI US station (1.5 mi from campus).

What The Salon Professional Academy-Appleton graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
27 grads$19k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$12k debt

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.