The Salon
Professional Academy-Georgetown
For-profit College in Georgetown, TX.
- ✓ 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 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 9:1, 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. The undergraduate body is just 114, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 114 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,667 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,596 at $0–30k, $20,097 at $48–75k. Grant aid is limited — 32% of students receive any. About 45% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 48 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 | $14,596 |
| $30–48k | $18,001 |
| $48–75k | $20,097 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 51 of these 114 students, totalling $380,610 — an average of $7,463 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Williamson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026