Innovate Salon Academy
For-profit College in Brick Township, NJ.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 98%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 33:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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 250 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 250 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,324 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($26,753 versus $29,199), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 38% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 48% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 118 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 | $26,753 |
| $30–48k | $26,076 |
| $48–75k | $29,199 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 120 of these 250 students, totalling $725,509 — an average of $6,046 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ocean County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026