The Salon
Professional Academy-Washington DC
For-profit College in Washington, DC. Median 10-year earnings $20,809.
Students who entered The Salon Professional Academy-Washington DC reach a median of $20,809 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,333.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — 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 90% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. At 229 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 218 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,642 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,528 at the $0–30k band to $26,498 at $75–110k. Grant aid is limited — 17% of students receive any. 18% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 76 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 | $17,528 |
| $30–48k | $19,753 |
| $48–75k | $26,498 |
| $75–110k | $26,498 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 39 of these 218 students, totalling $228,878 — an average of $5,869 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026