10-yr median earnings
$16,575
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Houston, Texas
Trend Barber College
Trend Barber College is a private for-profit institution in Houston, 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.
- 57.8%
- 150%-time completion
- $19,083
- Avg net price / yr
- $16,575
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Trend Barber College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 1st pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 57.8%
- 150%-time completion
- +19%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Trend 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
F
College Value Score
36/100
Trend 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 F
$16,575
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$19,083
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C-
57.8%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt C-
$12,794
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
$19,083
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
57.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 57.8%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Trend 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.
How Trend Barber College 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.
Trend Barber College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$16,575 1st percentile higher than 1% of 5,103 US colleges
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 | Trend Barber College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $16,575 | #5057 of 5103 | 1st |
| Average net price | $19,083 | #2905 of 5020 | 42nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 57.8% | #2382 of 4858 | 51st |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #4772 of 5462 | 13th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
61
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
57.8%
150%-time completion
$16,575
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Trend Barber College ranks in Texas
State rank among 324 reporting Texas colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Trend Barber College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $16,575 | #321 of 324 | 1st |
| Average net price | $19,083 | #179 of 340 | 47th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 57.8% | #161 of 324 | 50th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #310 of 366 | 15th |
Highest former-student earnings in Texas
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast University-Texas | $102,672 | $53,020 |
| 2 | University of North Texas Health Science Center | $93,615 | - |
| 3 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | $92,961 | - |
| 4 | Chamberlain University-Texas | $92,405 | $32,209 |
| 5 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | $92,348 | - |
| 6 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $90,232 | - |
| 7 | Rice University | $89,718 | $13,370 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | $88,757 | - |
| 9 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | $82,206 | - |
| 10 | Denver College of Nursing-Houston | $81,809 | - |
| 11 | Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | $78,724 | - |
| 12 | Southern Methodist University | $78,354 | $40,892 |
| 320 | Trend Barber CollegeThis school | $16,575 | $19,083 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $19,083 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $19,083 |
75.5%
Pell Grant Rate
70.5%
Federal Loan Rate
$12,794
Median Debt
$136/mo
Monthly Payment
What students pay at Trend Barber College rose +34.2% since 2015
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $13,324 in 2015 to $17,885 in 2023, a rise of $4,561 in nominal dollars. Across the 97 colleges measured over the same 2015–2023 span, the median change was +13.8%.
9 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2015 · $13,3242023 · $17,885
Over the same years, enrollment went -19.6% (112 → 90 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2015–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
11.2%
Female
57.1%
First Generation
Outcomes
$13,918
Median Earnings (6yr)
26.8%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 57.8% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $13,918 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $16,575 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 26.8% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $12,794 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $136/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 40 | $21,709 | $12,500 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Trend Barber College? ▼
Trend Barber College is a private for-profit institution in Houston, Texas. Undergraduate enrollment is 61 students.
How much do Trend Barber College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Trend Barber College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $16,575 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $13,918.
How much does Trend Barber College cost? ▼
The average net price at Trend Barber College is $19,083.. Median student debt at graduation is $12,794.
What is the graduation rate at Trend Barber College? ▼
Trend Barber College has a 57.8% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Trend Barber College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Trend Barber College is $12,794, while former students earn a median of $16,575 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 77% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $136.
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.
- 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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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 for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — 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.