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After The Salon Professional Academy: graduation, pay and debt

Rapid City, South Dakota · For-profit · 65 undergrads

The typical student earns $23,641 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$23.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,500
median federal debt at graduation.
54%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
70%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,321
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$24,506
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,641
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
31%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$8,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,315
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
54%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
55%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
61%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers