Salon Success Academy-Riverside
For-profit College in Riverside, CA. Median 10-year earnings $21,777.
Ten-year median earnings of $21,777 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,884.
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. Retention is strong at 88%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Part-time retention runs ahead at 100% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 287 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,423 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,865 at $0–30k, $22,204 at $75–110k. About 64% get grants averaging $4,741, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 61% 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 · 49 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 | $14,865 |
| $30–48k | $14,937 |
| $48–75k | $16,800 |
| $75–110k | $22,204 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 175 of these 287 students, totalling $946,885 — an average of $5,411 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside 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)