Private For-Profit · Weslaco, Texas

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design is a private for-profit institution in Weslaco, Texas. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.

56.6%
150%-time completion
$38,486
Avg net price / yr
$18,519
10-yr median earnings

The verdict

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

2nd pct.
former-student earnings, US
56.6%
150%-time completion
+27%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Advanced Barber College and Hair Design profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

F
College Value Score
18/100
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings F
$18,519
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$38,486
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate D
56.6%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$18,519

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$38,486

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

56.6%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 56.6%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Advanced Barber College and Hair Design vs peers

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 6 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Advanced Barber College and Hair Design positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $16K $38K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $7K $40K Avg Net Price ($) Advanced Barber College and Hair Design (you are here): $19K earn · $38K net · 57% grad You are here - Advanced Barber Co… American InterContinental University-Houston: $36K earn · $20K net · 18% grad American InterCont… Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies: $33K earn · $12K net · 84% grad Valley Grande Inst… South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco: $31K earn · $18K net · 79% grad South Texas Vocati… South Texas Training Center: $29K earn · $8K net · 92% grad South Texas Traini… Southern Careers Institute-Pharr: $27K earn · $22K net · 58% grad Southern Careers I… Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Advanced Barber College and Hair Design ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$18,519 2nd percentile higher than 2% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). This entry sits in this band. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Above this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Advanced Barber College and Hair Design National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $18,519 #4993 of 5103 2nd
Average net price $38,486 #4846 of 5020 3rd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 56.6% #2465 of 4858 49th
Undergraduate enrollment 91 #4424 of 5462 19th

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

91
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
56.6%
150%-time completion
$18,519
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Advanced Barber College and Hair Design ranks in Texas

State rank among 324 reporting Texas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Advanced Barber College and Hair Design State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $18,519 #318 of 324 2nd
Average net price $38,486 #335 of 340 1st (lower is better)
150%-time completion 56.6% #166 of 324 49th
Undergraduate enrollment 91 #280 of 366 23rd

Highest former-student earnings in Texas

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $38,486

Net Price by Family Income

$0 – $30,000 $38,486
77.2%
Pell Grant Rate
29.1%
Federal Loan Rate

What students pay at Advanced Barber College and Hair Design rose +152.7% since 2013

Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $8,225 in 2013 to $20,784 in 2023, a rise of $12,559 in nominal dollars. Across the 4,315 colleges measured over the same 2013–2023 span, the median change was +14.6%.

Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $8,2252014: $12,5902015: $11,7602016: $13,0942017: $10,8362018: $11,1272019: $12,6062020: $20,2572021: $20,7782022: $21,6052023: $20,784
2013 · $8,2252023 · $20,784

Over the same years, enrollment went -8.5% (164 → 150 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

32.7%
Female
71.4%
First Generation

Outcomes

$14,581
Median Earnings (6yr)
15.7%
Earning Over $25K

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 56.6%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $14,581
Median earnings 10 years after entry $18,519
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 15.7%

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate 109 $17,592 -

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Advanced Barber College and Hair Design?
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design is a private for-profit institution in Weslaco, Texas. Undergraduate enrollment is 91 students.
How much do Advanced Barber College and Hair Design former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Advanced Barber College and Hair Design who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $18,519 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $14,581.
How much does Advanced Barber College and Hair Design cost?
The average net price at Advanced Barber College and Hair Design is $38,486..
What is the graduation rate at Advanced Barber College and Hair Design?
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design has a 56.6% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.

Sources & methodology

Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.

Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Advanced Barber College and Hair Design

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