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Dayton Barber College

Miamisburg, Ohio · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$12,546
Avg net price
80%
Grad / completion
$17,789
Median earnings

Dayton Barber College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Miamisburg, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 74 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 74 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Miamisburg, Ohio

Miamisburg is a city in southern Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The stockade attracted squatters, surveying parties, and other settlers who had taken grants to live in the local cabins until they could build their own; hence the little community became known as "Hole's Station". Settlers came west primarily from Pennsylvania. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
9 miles to Dayton, OH
To Great Lakes shore
141 miles
Nearest airport
19 miles to James M. Cox Dayton (DAY)

How Dayton Barber College compares

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 76% · #42 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention76%

Higher than 56%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$17,789

Higher than 3% · #156 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$12,546

Cheaper than 60% · #56 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment74

Larger than 21%

Percentiles compare Dayton Barber College 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

74undergrads
  • Women1622%
  • Men5878%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Black34%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Asian1.4%
  • Other or multiracial5.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
74
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
72%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
50%
Median family income
$4,247

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
$12,546

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
80%
First-year retention
76%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$19,323
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$17,789
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
0%

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.

< $30k
$12,765
$30–48k
$11,851
$48–75k
$12,677
$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?

Dayton Barber College 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)
$17,789
Typical debt at graduation
—
Debt vs. one year's pay
—
Out-earn a HS grad
16%
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.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
41″
Annual snow
12.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dayton Wright Bros AP, OH US station (2.4 mi from campus).

What Dayton Barber College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
34 grads— 1 yr$14k 5 yr— 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.