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The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles

St. Charles, Missouri · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$13,388
Avg net price
92%
Grad / completion
$34,900
Median earnings

The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in St. Charles, Missouri (large suburb setting), enrolling 132 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 132 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About St. Charles, Missouri

Saint Charles is a city in and the county seat of St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. According to Hopewell's Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi, Blanchette met another French Canadian (Bernard Guillet) at this site in 1765. Blanchette, determined to settle there, asked if Guillet, who had become an honorary chief of a Dakota band, had chosen a name for it. St. Charles lies near the eastern end of the Katy Trail, a 225-mile (362 km) long state park that was adapted from railroad right-of-way. Since the late 1970s, there has been rapid new home construction, commercial and population growth in the St. Charles area. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
257 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub

How The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles compares

Graduation rate92%

Higher than 92% · #11 of 70 in Missouri

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,900

Higher than 49% · #35 of 62 in Missouri

Average net price$13,388

Cheaper than 57% · #24 cheapest of 68 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$8,589

Lower than 69%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment132

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles 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 Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White88%
  • Black8.3%
  • Hispanic2.3%
  • Other or multiracial1.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
132
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
35%
First-generation students
40%
Students over 25
18%
Median family income
$24,582

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
$13,388

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
92%
First-year retention
92%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$26,030
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$34,900
Median debt at graduation
$8,589
Students with federal loans
50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
41%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$200

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.

< $30k
$9,498
$30–48k
$10,348
$48–75k
$15,548
$75–110k
$15,494
$110k+
$15,693

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.

58%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,802
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 58% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,802. 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 99 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$34,900
Typical debt at graduation
$8,589
Debt vs. one year's pay
25%
Out-earn a HS grad
—

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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
22°F
Annual rain
45.7″
Annual snow
9″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Charles Elm PT, MO US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
180 grads$23k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

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.