Private for-profit · Community college
Brown Beauty Barber School
Bessemer, Alabama · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $24,717
- Avg net price
- 83%
- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Brown Beauty Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bessemer, Alabama (large suburb setting), enrolling 54 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The mayor and councilmen voted to incorporate the city of Bessemer on September 9, 1887. Located 15.3 miles southwest of Birmingham, Bessemer grew rapidly and its promoters believed that it might overtake the other city in economic power. The performance center Bessemer Civic Center provides multiple performance spaces for music and theatre. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 12 miles to Birmingham, AL
- To the ocean
- 193 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth (BHM) · major hub
How Brown Beauty Barber School compares
Higher than 82% · #2 of 41 in Alabama
Higher than 95%
Cheaper than 19% · #36 cheapest of 38 in Alabama
Lower than 48%
Lower than 39%
Larger than 15%
Percentiles compare Brown Beauty Barber School 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 Alabama.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White17%
- Black80%
- Other or multiracial3.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 54
- Student–faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 82%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 50%
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
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- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
- $24,717
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
- 83%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,833
- Students with federal loans
- 85%
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
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 34°F
- Annual rain
- 55.5″
- Annual snow
- 1.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Bessemer 3 Wsw, AL US station (3.2 mi from campus).
What Brown Beauty Barber School 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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Colleges near Brown Beauty Barber School
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Birmingham, AL · Public · Associate · 2,900 students
Fortis Institute-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL · Private for-profit · Certificate · 613 students
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Fairfield, AL · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,155 students
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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.