Academy of
Salon and Spa
For-profit College in Fort Smith, AR. Median 10-year earnings $16,941.
Students who entered Academy of Salon and Spa reach a median of $16,941 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $4,833.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 116 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 116 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,252 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,852 at $0–30k, $17,617 at $110k+. About 66% get grants averaging $5,941, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 53% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 54 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $14,852 |
| $30–48k | $11,228 |
| $48–75k | $12,510 |
| $75–110k | $16,368 |
| $110k+ | $17,617 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 62 of these 116 students, totalling $401,455 — an average of $6,475 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sebastian County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)