Salon Success Academy-Fontana
For-profit College in Fontana, CA. Median 10-year earnings $22,412.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $22,412, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $7,177, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — 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. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 53 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 53 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,437 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,757 at $0–30k against $18,454 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $5,817. Borrowing is widespread: 64% take federal loans.
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 · 22 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 | $14,757 |
| $30–48k | $14,609 |
| $48–75k | $16,165 |
| $75–110k | $18,454 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 34 of these 53 students, totalling $171,167 — an average of $5,034 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Bernardino County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026