Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy
Collegeville, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,270
- Avg net price
- 89%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Collegeville, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 80 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia on Perkiomen Creek. In 1799, Perkiomen Bridge was constructed using funds raised from a special lottery approved by the Pennsylvania Legislature. When the first post office in this area was established in 1847, it was called Perkiomen Bridge. Collegeville and the surrounding area are rapidly growing. Collegeville is home to Ursinus College and several local businesses. Outside the borough, Pfizer's pharmaceutical division and Dow Chemical share a global research and development campus. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 23 miles to Philadelphia, PA
- To the ocean
- 24 miles
- Nearest airport
- 25 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub
How The Salon Professional Academy compares
Higher than 89% · #21 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 55%
Cheaper than 46% · #55 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 12%
Larger than 22%
Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White75%
- Black5.0%
- Hispanic8.8%
- Asian2.5%
- Other or multiracial8.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 80
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 6%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 29%
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
- $16,270
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
- 89%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 14%
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.
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 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 48.5″
- Annual snow
- 12.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Graterford 1 E, PA US station (3.4 mi from campus).
What The Salon Professional Academy 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.