Summit Salon Academy Kansas City

Independence, MO · Private for-profit · 108 students · Visit Website

Summit Salon Academy Kansas City focuses on cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and instructor training, with programs designed to prepare students for professional careers in the beauty industry. The academy emphasizes hands-on education, business training through the Summit Salon Business Center, and real-world salon experience by working with clients in their student salon and spa. Students gain practical skills using professional products from brands like L'Oreal Professionnel and Dermalogica, and the esthetics program offers the unique opportunity to sit for the international CIDESCO exam.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$27,878/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

49/100

All Programs at Summit Salon Academy Kansas City

1 trade program at Summit Salon Academy Kansas City, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Cosmetology
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
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49 $27,878/yr $11,400 Moderate Very Large
145 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Summit Salon Academy Kansas City using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.