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Is The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Stretch
The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa sits in the stretch band for a typical family. The long-run earnings picture at $18,095 helps, but median debt of $6,333 plus yearly net price of $19,371 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 is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data is workable, but not so strong that it erases financing risk.
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
$19,371
Median earnings 10 years out
$18,095
Median debt at graduation
$6,333
Graduation rate
91%
At The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa, a typical graduate carries about $6,333 in student debt and earns roughly $18,095 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $72 per month, or 5% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
What this means for your family
The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa is a two year school in Nampa, ID. 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-Nampa
The median net price at The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa is $19,371 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 →