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Is The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Stretch
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls sits in the stretch band for a typical family. The long-run earnings picture at $20,955 helps, but median debt of $12,500 plus yearly net price of $11,742 creates a tighter path. It can work, but the financing plan has to be deliberate.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price sits in a range that leaves more room for family cash flow and lower borrowing.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$11,742
Median earnings 10 years out
$20,955
Median debt at graduation
$12,500
Graduation rate
52%
At The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls, a typical graduate carries about $12,500 in student debt and earns roughly $20,955 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $142 per month, or 8% of pre-tax income. That sits at the tighter end of a workable borrower range.
What this means for your family
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls is a two year school in Cedar Falls, IA. For many families, the real question is not just sticker price but what this path unlocks next, whether that is direct employment, transfer, or a lower cost route into a four year degree.
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Common questions about The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls
The median net price at The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls is $11,742 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →