The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona focuses on cosmetology and related personal grooming services, offering hands-on training in a student salon setting. The academy is recognized by Redken for its education and provides instruction in current trends, business strategies, and client relations. Programs aim to prepare students for various careers in the beauty industry, including salon ownership and styling for media.
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All Programs at The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona
1 trade program at The Salon Professional Academy, 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 |
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Cosmetology
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43 | $19,048/yr | $8,028 |
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 The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona 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.