Private for-profit · Community college
The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda
Tonawanda, New York · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,346
- Avg net price
- 71%
- Grad / completion
- $26,460
- Median earnings
The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Tonawanda, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 142 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Tonawanda, New York
Tonawanda is a city in Erie County, New York, United States. Post-Revolutionary War white settlement at Tonawanda began with Henry Anguish, who built a log home in 1808. He added to the hamlet in 1811 with a tavern, both on the south side of Tonawanda Creek where it empties into the Niagara River. North Tonawanda and Tonawanda celebrate an annual Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, commemorating their historic location on the western end of the Erie Canal. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to Buffalo, NY
- To Great Lakes shore
- 5 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Buffalo Niagara (BUF) · major hub
How The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda compares
Higher than 64% · #91 of 185 in New York
Higher than 84%
Higher than 22% · #127 of 148 in New York
Cheaper than 38% · #101 cheapest of 175 in New York
Lower than 90%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 36%
Percentiles compare The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda 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 New York.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White66%
- Black18%
- Hispanic7.0%
- Asian3.5%
- Other or multiracial5.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 142
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
- First-generation students
- 31%
- Students over 25
- 35%
- Median family income
- $22,197
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
- $18,346
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
- 71%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,545
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,460
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 50%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 53%
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-Tonawanda 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)
- $26,460
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 24%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 80°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 40.7″
- Annual snow
- 95.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Buffalo, NY US station (5 mi from campus).
What The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda 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.