10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Detroit, Michigan
Metro Detroit Barber College
Metro Detroit Barber College is a private nonprofit institution in Detroit, Michigan. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $18,217
- Avg net price / yr
- 88.2%
- 150%-time completion
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Metro Detroit Barber College 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
B
College Value Score
70/100
Metro Detroit Barber College
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 N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$18,217
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
88.2%
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
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$18,217
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
88.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 88.2%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Metro Detroit Barber College vs peers
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.
Quick Facts
59
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
88.2%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Metro Detroit Barber College ranks in Michigan
State rank among 145 reporting Michigan colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Metro Detroit Barber College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $18,217 | #80 of 138 | 42nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 88.2% | #7 of 132 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 59 | #123 of 149 | 17th |
Highest former-student earnings in Michigan
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering University | $94,823 | $34,660 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Michigan | $92,405 | $28,045 |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | $83,648 | $13,138 |
| 4 | Michigan Technological University | $78,198 | $14,182 |
| 5 | Walsh College | $72,081 | - |
| 6 | University of Detroit Mercy | $71,030 | $15,232 |
| 7 | Lawrence Technological University | $69,151 | $32,918 |
| 8 | Michigan State University | $67,253 | $19,680 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo College | $65,590 | $19,072 |
| 10 | Thomas M Cooley Law School | $63,450 | - |
| 11 | Northwood University | $63,075 | $27,232 |
| 12 | Universal Technical Institute-Canton | $62,575 | $22,985 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $18,217 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $17,111 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $21,233 |
64.7%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
What students pay at Metro Detroit Barber College rose +67.7% since 2019
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $9,486 in 2019 to $15,909 in 2023, a rise of $6,423 in nominal dollars. Across the 52 colleges measured over the same 2019–2023 span, the median change was +17.9%.
5 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2019 · $9,4862023 · $15,909
Over the same years, enrollment went +50.0% (20 → 30 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2019–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 88.2% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Metro Detroit Barber College cost? ▼
The average net price at Metro Detroit Barber College is $18,217..
What is the graduation rate at Metro Detroit Barber College? ▼
Metro Detroit Barber College has a 88.2% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.