Private for-profit · Community college
Barber Tech Academy
Orangeburg, South Carolina · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $31,354
- Avg net price
- 11%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Barber Tech Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina (distant town setting), enrolling 59 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Orangeburg, South Carolina
Orangeburg is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. To encourage settlement, the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina in 1730 organized the area as a township, naming it Orangeburg for William IV, Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II of Great Britain. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 37 miles to Columbia, SC
- To the ocean
- 66 miles
- Nearest airport
- 34 miles to Columbia Metropolitan (CAE)
How Barber Tech Academy compares
Higher than 1% · #45 of 45 in South Carolina
Higher than 1%
Cheaper than 6% · #46 cheapest of 47 in South Carolina
Lower than 56%
Larger than 16%
Percentiles compare Barber Tech Academy 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 South Carolina.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women1220%
- Men4780%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 59
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 53%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 69%
- Median family income
- $15,488
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
- $31,354
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
- 11%
- First-year retention
- 0%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 48%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 37°F
- Annual rain
- 50.5″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Orangeburg 2, SC US station (1 mi from campus).
What Barber Tech Academy graduates study — and earn
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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Denmark Technical College
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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.