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The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo

Fargo, North Dakota · Private for-profit career school

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60%completion rate · North Dakota avg 64%
$12,000median debt of graduates
$31,723median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$31,497median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$21,092annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (Accredited)
Address: 4377 15th Ave South, Fargo, ND 58103 · Phone: (701) 451-9100 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, not yet lifted — Jul 2026 · Probation · National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences; Mar 2024 · Renewal of Accreditation. 3 sanction actions in the window.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
The Salon Professiona… The Salon Professiona…: 60% 60% North Dakota average North Dakota average: 63.5% 63.5% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Skincare specialists$35,710$58,160$65,000
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists$24,130$34,850$53,480
Manicurists and pedicurists$30,560$33,430$47,960
Massage therapists$34,120$74,140$91,240

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in North Dakota (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 51 $25,678 $25,774 $12,000
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 2–4 years 37 $25,678 $25,774 $12,000
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 22 $25,678 $25,774 $12,000
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services Certificate, 1–2 years 11 $24,669 $15,922 $9,500

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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