10-yr median earnings
$22,412
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Fontana, California
Salon Success Academy-Fontana
Salon Success Academy-Fontana is a private for-profit institution in Fontana, California. 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.
- 91.3%
- 150%-time completion
- $15,437
- Avg net price / yr
- $22,412
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Salon Success Academy-Fontana posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 6th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 91.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +20%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Salon Success Academy-Fontana 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
55/100
Salon Success Academy-Fontana
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
$22,412
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C
$15,437
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
91.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt A
$7,177
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
47.6%
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
$15,437
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
91.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 91.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Salon Success Academy-Fontana 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 Success Academy-Fontana 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 Success Academy-Fontana: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$22,412 6th percentile higher than 6% 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 Success Academy-Fontana | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $22,412 | #4779 of 5103 | 6th |
| Average net price | $15,437 | #2179 of 5020 | 57th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 91.3% | #181 of 4858 | 96th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 29 | #5221 of 5462 | 4th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
29
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
91.3%
150%-time completion
$22,412
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Salon Success Academy-Fontana ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Salon Success Academy-Fontana | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $22,412 | #467 of 493 | 5th |
| Average net price | $15,437 | #188 of 495 | 62nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 91.3% | #26 of 483 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 29 | #537 of 553 | 3rd |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 467 | Salon Success Academy-FontanaThis school | $22,412 | $15,437 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Salon Success Academy-Fontana
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$14,757 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$14,609 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$16,165 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Salon Success Academy-Fontana - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $15,437 |
67.9%
Pell Grant Rate
64.1%
Federal Loan Rate
$7,177
Median Debt
$76/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Salon Success Academy-Fontana swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $10,061 to $19,450 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -4.8%, 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
$10,061
Highest year
$19,450
Most recent (2023)
$10,813
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $11,3572023 · $10,813
Over the same years, enrollment went -37.0% (54 → 34 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
96.9%
Female
51.3%
First Generation
Outcomes
$18,725
Median Earnings (6yr)
23.0%
Earning Over $25K
47.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 91.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $18,725 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $22,412 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 23.0% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 47.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $7,177 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $76/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 46 | $20,480 | $7,177 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Salon Success Academy-Fontana? ▼
Salon Success Academy-Fontana is a private for-profit institution in Fontana, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 29 students.
How much do Salon Success Academy-Fontana former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Salon Success Academy-Fontana who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $22,412 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $18,725.
How much does Salon Success Academy-Fontana cost? ▼
The average net price at Salon Success Academy-Fontana is $15,437.. Median student debt at graduation is $7,177.
What is the graduation rate at Salon Success Academy-Fontana? ▼
Salon Success Academy-Fontana has a 91.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Salon Success Academy-Fontana worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Salon Success Academy-Fontana is $7,177, while former students earn a median of $22,412 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 32% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 47.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $76.
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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