Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy
Sherwood, Arkansas · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $11,625
- Avg net price
- 90%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Sherwood, Arkansas (fringe rural setting), enrolling 106 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Sherwood, Arkansas
Sherwood is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Sherwood moved to a city of Second Class on September 16, 1957, and subsequently as a city of First Class on April 30, 1971. The Roundtop Filling Station is a historic gasoline filling station listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 9 miles to Little Rock, AR
- To the ocean
- 330 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)
How The Salon Professional Academy compares
Higher than 90% · #3 of 47 in Arkansas
Higher than 80%
Cheaper than 64% · #24 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas
Lower than 90%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 30%
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 Arkansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White80%
- Black9.4%
- Hispanic9.4%
- Asian0.9%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 106
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 17%
- Median family income
- $19,960
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
- $11,625
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
- 90%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,662
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 43%
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
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 32°F
- Annual rain
- 51.9″
- Annual snow
- 3.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Little Rock, AR US station (3.7 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.