Salon Professional
Academy-Elevate Salon Institute
For-profit College in Miami Beach, FL. Median 10-year earnings $16,515.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $16,515, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,528 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 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. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 73 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 73 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($9,405 versus $9,405), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 33% of students receive any. Most students borrow — 66% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 36 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 | $9,405 |
| $30–48k | $9,405 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $9,405 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 48 of these 73 students, totalling $273,271 — an average of $5,693 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026