Salon Success
Academy-West Covina
For-profit College in West Covina, CA. Median 10-year earnings $26,956.
Students who entered Salon Success Academy-West Covina reach a median of $26,956 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,177 — 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 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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 of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 75% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 136 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,820 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,846 at $0–30k, $22,992 at $110k+. Only 49% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 47% 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 · 17 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 | $16,846 |
| $30–48k | $22,992 |
| $48–75k | $20,632 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $22,992 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 64 of these 136 students, totalling $367,337 — an average of $5,740 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026