International Salon
and Spa Academy
For-profit College in Colorado Springs, CO. Median 10-year earnings $22,332.
Ten-year median earnings of $22,332 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,333 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 93% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 81% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 428 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,725 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $20,003 at $0–30k, $25,757 at $110k+. 58% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,801 — common but not automatic. 53% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 42 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 | $20,003 |
| $30–48k | $21,042 |
| $48–75k | $24,827 |
| $75–110k | $24,923 |
| $110k+ | $25,757 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 228 of these 428 students, totalling $1,227,985 — an average of $5,386 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso 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)