Private for-profit · Community college

The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls

Cedar Falls, Iowa · Small city

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Transfer rate: $11,742
Avg net price: 52%
Grad / completion: $20,955
Median earnings

The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cedar Falls, Iowa (small city setting), enrolling 91 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 91 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Cedar Falls, Iowa

Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. Cedar Falls was first settled in March 1845 by brothers-in-law William R. Sturgis and Erasmus D. Adams. Initially, the city was named Sturgis Falls. In 1986, the City of Cedar Falls established the Cedar Falls Art and Culture Board, which oversees the operation of the city's Cultural Division and the James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 54 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
To Great Lakes shore: 233 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Waterloo (ALO)

How The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls compares

Graduation rate52%

Higher than 39% · #25 of 39 in Iowa

First-year retention64%

Higher than 31%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$20,955

Higher than 7% · #37 of 38 in Iowa

Average net price$11,742

Cheaper than 63% · #15 cheapest of 39 in Iowa

Median debt at graduation$12,500

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment91

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls 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 Iowa.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women4448%
Men4752%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White33%
Black47%
Hispanic9.9%
Other or multiracial9.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 91
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 43%
First-generation students: 60%
Students over 25: 42%
Median family income: $20,845

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: $11,742

Outcomes

Graduated: 52%
First-year retention: 64%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $10,696
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $20,955
Median debt at graduation: $12,500
Students with federal loans: 43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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

$11,221

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$12,338

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$17,247

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?

The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls 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): $20,955
Typical debt at graduation: $12,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 60%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.0 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: 85°F
Winter low: 11°F
Annual rain: 36.3″
Annual snow: 39.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Waterloo Muni AP, IA US station (3.4 mi from campus).

What The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

23 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$14k debt

23——$14,120

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.