Private for-profit · Community college
Cutting Edge Barber Academy
Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Small city
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- Transfer rate
- $20,407
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Cutting Edge Barber Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 22 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Originally called Hickory Town, Lancaster was renamed after the English city of Lancaster by native John Wright. Its symbol, the red rose, is from the House of Lancaster. Since 2005, Lancaster's downtown has increased the number of specialty shops, boutiques, bars, clubs, and galleries. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- Lancaster, PA
- To the ocean
- 35 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Lancaster (LNS)
How Cutting Edge Barber Academy compares
Higher than 89%
Cheaper than 31% · #101 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 73%
Larger than 4%
Percentiles compare Cutting Edge Barber 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White4.5%
- Black23%
- Hispanic59%
- Asian4.5%
- Other or multiracial9.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 22
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
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- 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
- $20,407
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
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- First-year retention
- 96%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
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- Students with federal loans
- 73%
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Cutting Edge Barber Academy 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 44.1″
- Annual snow
- 21.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lancaster 2NE Fltr Plt, PA US station (2 mi from campus).
What Cutting Edge Barber 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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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.