Salon Professional Academy-Elevate Salon Institute
About
The Salon Professional Academy-Elevate Salon Institute (ESI) is a beauty education institution located in Miami Beach, Florida. It offers various programs including cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and nail technology, although the founding year is not provided. The institution focuses on providing training in beauty and personal care services.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 2
- Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 89 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (3.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at SPASI
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SPASI vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SPASI selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSalon Professional Academy-Elevate Salon Institute | 68% | — | 59 | $4,425 | — |
All In The Wrist Barber Academy | — | — | 21 | $5,154 | — |
Arkansas Beauty College | — | — | 61 | $11,898 | — |
Barbers Trade School | — | — | 9 | $13,387 | — |
Bos-Man's Barber College | — | 100.0% | 56 | $9,039 | — |
Collectiv Hair Dressing Academy-Collectiv Academy-Dallas | — | — | 319 | $26,884 | — |
Dallas Barber & Stylist College | — | — | 8 | $20,461 | — |
Evolve Beauty Academy | — | — | 16 | $15,266 | — |
Fosters Cosmetology College | — | — | 23 | $18,199 | — |
Goshen School of Cosmetology | — | — | — | $13,439 | — |
Graham's Barber College | — | — | 8 | $17,490 | — |
Jazz Barber and Hairstyling Academy | — | — | 46 | $9,183 | — |
Larry's Barber College | — | — | 68 | $11,692 | — |
Larry's Barber College-Joliet | — | — | 27 | $16,362 | — |
Lawrenceburg Technical College | — | — | 128 | $10,912 | — |
Luckes Beauty Academy LLC | — | — | 17 | $15,361 | — |
Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design-Bryan | — | — | 13 | $14,441 | — |
Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design-Victoria | — | — | 18 | $14,554 | — |
Mission Beauty Institute | — | — | 11 | $3,232 | — |
Northwest College-Tualatin | — | — | 35 | $31,346 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-North Tahoe | — | — | — | $19,323 | — |
Phagans Medford Beauty School | — | — | 32 | $13,798 | — |
Rob Roy Academy-Taunton | — | — | 23 | $19,252 | — |
South Texas Barber College Inc | — | — | 23 | $6,965 | — |
Tomorrow's Image Barber And Beauty Academy of Virginia | — | — | 15 | $17,543 | — |
Tuana European Beauty Academy | — | — | 42 | $16,967 | — |
United Beauty College | — | — | 23 | $10,700 | — |
Universal College of Beauty Inc-Los Angeles 2 | — | — | 44 | $18,591 | — |
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Oklahoma | — | — | 29 | — | — |
Webb's Barber School of Arts | — | — | 16 | $13,571 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 100.0% | 23 | $14,441 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Salon Professional Academy-Elevate Salon Institute
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