10-yr median earnings
$21,571
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Brownsville, Texas
Salon & Spa Institute
Salon & Spa Institute is a private for-profit institution in Brownsville, Texas. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 72.3%
- 150%-time completion
- $21,571
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Salon & Spa Institute posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 5th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 72.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +33%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Salon & Spa Institute profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
50/100
Salon & Spa Institute
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$21,571
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B
72.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt A-
$8,212
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
72.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 72.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Salon & Spa Institute vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Salon & Spa Institute ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Salon & Spa Institute: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$21,571 5th percentile higher than 5% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Salon & Spa Institute | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $21,571 | #4847 of 5103 | 5th |
| 150%-time completion | 72.3% | #1227 of 4858 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 71 | #4662 of 5462 | 15th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
71
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
72.3%
150%-time completion
$21,571
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Salon & Spa Institute ranks in Texas
State rank among 324 reporting Texas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Salon & Spa Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $21,571 | #300 of 324 | 7th |
| 150%-time completion | 72.3% | #80 of 324 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 71 | #299 of 366 | 18th |
Highest former-student earnings in Texas
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast University-Texas | $102,672 | $53,020 |
| 2 | University of North Texas Health Science Center | $93,615 | - |
| 3 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | $92,961 | - |
| 4 | Chamberlain University-Texas | $92,405 | $32,209 |
| 5 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | $92,348 | - |
| 6 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $90,232 | - |
| 7 | Rice University | $89,718 | $13,370 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | $88,757 | - |
| 9 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | $82,206 | - |
| 10 | Denver College of Nursing-Houston | $81,809 | - |
| 11 | Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | $78,724 | - |
| 12 | Southern Methodist University | $78,354 | $40,892 |
| 300 | Salon & Spa InstituteThis school | $21,571 | - |
Net price at Salon & Spa Institute swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $10,149 to $30,565 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +21.9%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$10,149
Highest year
$30,565
Most recent (2023)
$12,372
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $10,1492023 · $12,372
Over the same years, enrollment went -13.3% (105 → 91 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
58.3%
First Generation
Outcomes
$16,229
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 72.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $16,229 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $21,571 |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $8,212 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $87/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 47 | $24,019 | $9,650 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Salon & Spa Institute? ▼
Salon & Spa Institute is a private for-profit institution in Brownsville, Texas. Undergraduate enrollment is 71 students.
How much do Salon & Spa Institute former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Salon & Spa Institute who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $21,571 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $16,229.
What is the graduation rate at Salon & Spa Institute? ▼
Salon & Spa Institute has a 72.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Salon & Spa Institute worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Salon & Spa Institute is $8,212, while former students earn a median of $21,571 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 38% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $87.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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