Salon Professional Academy of San Antonio
About
The Salon Professional Academy of San Antonio is a beauty school located in San Antonio, Texas, focusing on cosmetology and esthetics programs. It is part of a nationwide network of over 30 academies and has produced more than 25,000 graduates in the beauty and wellness industry.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 5
- Dec 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2020Grant 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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 92 students received $452K in Pell grants, alongside $565K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 36 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (2.7%) 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 SPASA
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.
3-year trend
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.
SPASA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SPASA 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 of San Antonio | 83% | — | 94 | $15,641 | — |
Austin Kade Academy | — | — | 82 | $15,198 | — |
Austin's Beauty College Inc | — | — | 101 | $16,069 | — |
Avery James College | — | — | 78 | $17,278 | — |
Award Beauty School | — | — | 94 | $20,744 | — |
Central Texas Beauty College-Round Rock | — | — | 122 | $9,606 | — |
Coba Academy | — | — | 109 | $16,761 | — |
Design's School of Cosmetology | — | — | 73 | $17,968 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Lehigh Valley | — | — | 99 | $18,671 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth | — | — | 100 | $14,876 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill | — | — | 139 | $20,034 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Dixie | — | — | 119 | $16,271 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Malden | — | — | 95 | $18,689 | — |
Fosbre Academy of Hair Design | — | 92.7% | — | $20,039 | — |
Hilltop Beauty School | — | — | 77 | — | — |
Hinton Barber and Beauty College | — | — | 50 | $15,550 | — |
Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines | — | — | 74 | $10,298 | — |
Lancaster Beauty School | — | — | 150 | $21,235 | — |
Loraines Academy & Spa | — | — | 30 | $11,727 | — |
New Beginning College of Cosmetology | — | — | 81 | $13,055 | — |
Nuvani Institute | — | — | 12 | $19,754 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Albuquerque | — | — | 119 | $14,118 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Provo | — | — | 147 | $18,284 | — |
Pro Beauty Academy | — | — | 67 | $26,278 | — |
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Brunswick | — | — | 73 | $19,617 | — |
Studio Beauty School | — | — | 81 | $19,626 | — |
Tenaj Salon Institute | — | — | 55 | $25,834 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Georgetown | — | — | 79 | $16,327 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Kenosha | — | — | 130 | $26,061 | — |
Tonsorial Arts Barber College | — | — | 170 | $19,240 | — |
Trenz Beauty Academy | — | — | 109 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 83% | 92.7% | 94 | $17,968 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Salon Professional Academy of San Antonio
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