Colleges

Private for-profit · Community college

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design

Weslaco, Texas · Large suburb

1%
Transfer rate
$38,486
Avg net price
60%
Grad / completion
$18,519
Median earnings

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Weslaco, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 91 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 91 undergradsLarge suburbMild winters

About Weslaco, Texas

Weslaco is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Following the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, cross-border cargo and vehicular traffic in the county increased 345% and 36.4% respectively since the beginning of the 1990s, from 228,133 to 1,015,554 cargo trucks in 2008 and from 10.92 million to 14.9 million automobiles. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
18 miles to McAllen, TX
To the ocean
37 miles
Nearest airport
18 miles to McAllen Miller (MFE)

How Advanced Barber College and Hair Design compares

Graduation rate60%

Higher than 49% · #140 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention86%

Higher than 75%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$18,519

Higher than 4% · #200 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$38,486

Cheaper than 2% · #251 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment91

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare Advanced Barber College and Hair Design with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

91undergrads
  • Women3033%
  • Men6167%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White1.1%
  • Hispanic96%
  • Other or multiracial3.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
91
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
77%
First-generation students
71%
Students over 25
34%
Median family income
$12,439

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$38,486

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
60%
First-year retention
86%
Transferred to another college
1%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$14,581
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$18,519
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
29%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$38,486
$30–48k
—
$48–75k
—
$75–110k
—
$110k+
—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Advanced Barber College and Hair Design funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$18,519
Typical debt at graduation
—
Debt vs. one year's pay
—
Out-earn a HS grad
13%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$16,120
Men
$21,976

Men out-earn women by $5,856 (36%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
97°F
Winter low
50°F
Annual rain
25.7″
Annual snow
0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°80°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Weslaco, TX US station (3.3 mi from campus).

What Advanced Barber College and Hair Design graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
93 grads$10k 1 yr— 5 yr$5k debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.