Summit Salon Academy-Lexington

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Summit Salon Academy-Lexington

Summit Salon Academy-Lexington operates as a private for-profit institution located in Lexington, Kentucky (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 154 students of which 263 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Summit Salon Academy-Lexington is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 81.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,778 and a Pell grant recipient share of 58.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $7,917, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 55.3% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $24,148 ten years after enrolling, compared with $18,903 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 23500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 36.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.