Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy
Dagsboro, Delaware · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,577
- Avg net price
- 88%
- Grad / completion
- $23,718
- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Dagsboro, Delaware (distant town setting), enrolling 81 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Dagsboro, Delaware
Dagsboro is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Dagsboro, incorporated in the early 1900s, is a town that is energized in summer by Delaware Route 26 beach traffic. The town, in the Indian River School District, was founded in 1747 and has been known as Blackfoot Town, Dagsbury and Dagsborough. Built in 1755 and named for Prince George (later King George III), Prince George's Chapel is one of the oldest churches in the United States as well as one of the oldest buildings in Dagsboro. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 89 miles to Baltimore, MD
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 17 miles to Ocean City (OCE)
How The Salon Professional Academy compares
Higher than 88% · #1 of 8 in Delaware
Higher than 80%
Higher than 13% · #7 of 7 in Delaware
Cheaper than 45% · #5 cheapest of 7 in Delaware
Lower than 90%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 23%
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 Delaware.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White57%
- Black15%
- Hispanic19%
- Asian1.2%
- 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
- 81
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 43%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 21%
- Median family income
- $22,718
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
- $16,577
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
- 88%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,876
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,718
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 54%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 46%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,718
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 29°F
- Annual rain
- 43.9″
- Annual snow
- 10.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Georgetown Sussex CO AP, DE US station (11.6 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.