Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose
San Jose, California · Large city
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- Transfer rate
- $18,418
- Avg net price
- 95%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in San Jose, California (large city setting), enrolling 196 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About San Jose, California
San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025. San Jose, along with most of the Santa Clara Valley, has been home to the Tamien tribe of the Ohlone people since around 4,000 BC. The Tamien spoke Tamyen language of the Ohlone language family. Because the downtown area is in the flight path to nearby San Jose Mineta International Airport (also evidenced in the above panoramic), there is a height limit for buildings in the downtown area, which is underneath the final approach corridor to the airport. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to San Jose, CA
- To the ocean
- 11 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose (SJC) · major hub
How The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose compares
Higher than 94% · #21 of 382 in California
Higher than 82%
Cheaper than 38% · #188 cheapest of 377 in California
Lower than 90%
Lower than 16%
Larger than 44%
Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose 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 California.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White20%
- Black3.6%
- Hispanic54%
- Asian7.6%
- Other or multiracial14%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 196
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $25,188
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
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $18,418
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
- 95%
- First-year retention
- 91%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,116
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 47%
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 19% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,205. 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 148 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 40°F
- Annual rain
- 22.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Los Gatos, CA US station (4.5 mi from campus).
What The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose 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.