Private for-profit · Community college
Premier Barber Institute
Norristown, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $27,339
- Avg net price
- 70%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Premier Barber Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Norristown, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 50 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown is a borough with home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Present-day Norristown was originally owned by the family of Isaac Norris. Along with William Trent, Norris purchased the land on October 7, 1704, for 50¢ per acre. In 1712, Norris acquired Trent's share and established a gristmill at the foot of present-day Water Street. Despite the loss of its historic movie and vaudeville theaters, Norristown is home to two performing arts centers, the Montgomery County Cultural Center and Centre Theatre, and one professional theater company, Theatre Horizon. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 14 miles to Philadelphia, PA
- To the ocean
- 15 miles
- Nearest airport
- 17 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub
How Premier Barber Institute compares
Higher than 61% · #73 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 79%
Cheaper than 13% · #134 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 19%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 13%
Percentiles compare Premier Barber Institute 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 gender
- Women1326%
- Men3774%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White10%
- Black62%
- Hispanic16%
- Asian4.0%
- Other or multiracial8.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 50
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 71%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 70%
- Median family income
- $13,704
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
- —
- Average net price
- $27,339
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
- 70%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,583
- Students with federal loans
- 78%
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?
Premier Barber Institute 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 50.6″
- Annual snow
- 25.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Norristown, PA US station (0.2 mi from campus).
What Premier Barber Institute 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.