Private for-profit · Community college
Old Town Barber College
Wichita, Kansas · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $15,111
- Avg net price
- 46%
- Grad / completion
- $21,295
- Median earnings
Old Town Barber College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Wichita, Kansas (large city setting), enrolling 97 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. Archaeological evidence indicates human habitation near the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers, the site of present-day Wichita, as early as 3000 BC. Wichita is home to several art museums and performing arts groups. The Wichita Art Museum is the largest art museum in the state of Kansas and contains 7,000 works in permanent collections. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- Wichita, KS
- To the ocean
- 564 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National (ICT)
How Old Town Barber College compares
Higher than 33% · #27 of 45 in Kansas
Higher than 45%
Higher than 7% · #42 of 42 in Kansas
Cheaper than 50% · #31 cheapest of 46 in Kansas
Lower than 22%
Lower than 67%
Larger than 28%
Percentiles compare Old Town 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 Kansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women1313%
- Men8487%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White21%
- Black53%
- Hispanic22%
- Other or multiracial5.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 97
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 75%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $16,171
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
- $15,111
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
- 46%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $14,124
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $21,295
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,000
- Students with federal loans
- 76%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 12%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
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?
Old Town 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)
- $21,295
- Typical debt at graduation
- $13,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 61%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 11%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 34.3″
- Annual snow
- 12.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wichita, KS US station (6.9 mi from campus).
What Old Town Barber College 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.