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Summit Salon Academy

Tampa, Florida Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Summit Salon Academy is a private for-profit career and technical school based in Tampa, Florida. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 183 students.

Summit Salon Academy offers certificates across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Cosmetology, Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Arts, Other, and Barbering. It awarded 175 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Mission

Summit Salon Academy’s objective is to produce highly trained and well prepared graduates for salons. We are committed to excellence in cosmetology arts and sciences. Educational systems and programs are updated constantly to keep the student's interests first and our educational quality high and prepare the student to pass Florida State Boards.

Mission statement as reported by Summit Salon Academy

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
183
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
175
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 4
Health Professions 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
100%
First-year retention, part-time students
57%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
72
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
103

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
183
Undergraduates, fall 2024
183
Full-time, fall 2024
82%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
310
Full-time, 2024-25
78%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
92%
Men
8%
White
58%
Hispanic or Latino
25%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Differs by program
CEO
Joanne Powers
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates, Credit for life experience

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