Private for-profit · Community college
GA Beauty & Barber School
McAllen, Texas · Midsize city
- 1%
- Transfer rate
- $12,096
- Avg net price
- 59%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
GA Beauty & Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in McAllen, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 171 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About McAllen, Texas
McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1904, the Hidalgo and San Miguel Extension (now the Sam Fordyce Branch) of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway reached the Santa Anita Ranch. John McAllen and his son James had donated land to the railroad to guarantee it would cross this area. The Rio Grande Valley began its rapid development with the introduction of irrigation in 1898 and the construction of the railroad in 1904. These major additions turned a once relatively desolate area into a major agricultural center. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to McAllen, TX
- To the ocean
- 52 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to McAllen Miller (MFE)
How GA Beauty & Barber School compares
Higher than 47% · #146 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 73%
Cheaper than 62% · #79 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 99%
Lower than 12%
Larger than 41%
Percentiles compare GA 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White1.2%
- Hispanic99%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 171
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 46%
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
- $12,096
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
- 59%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $2,783
- Students with federal loans
- 21%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $125
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?
GA Beauty & Barber School 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
- 99°F
- Winter low
- 49°F
- Annual rain
- 18.7″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mcallen, TX US station (3.2 mi from campus).
What GA 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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- Transfer
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- Earnings
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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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.