Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood
Maplewood, Minnesota · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $22,283
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Maplewood, Minnesota (large suburb setting), enrolling 85 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Maplewood, Minnesota
Maplewood is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The Maplewood area began being settled by Europeans in the 1850s. A stagecoach line operated from Saint Paul to Duluth from 1856 to 1870, stopping in the area.This ceased operation with the linkage of the construction of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad in 1870. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 13 miles to Minneapolis, MN
- To Great Lakes shore
- 125 miles
- Nearest airport
- 15 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub
How The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood compares
Higher than 89%
Cheaper than 25% · #40 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota
Lower than 29%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood 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 Minnesota.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White64%
- Black2.4%
- Hispanic5.9%
- Asian15%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 85
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 4%
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
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- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
- $22,283
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
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- First-year retention
- 96%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
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- Students with federal loans
- 31%
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 Maplewood 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
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 8°F
- Annual rain
- 33.1″
- Annual snow
- 40.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Vadnais Lake, MN US station (4.1 mi from campus).
What The Salon Professional Academy Maplewood 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.