Private for-profit · Community college
The Barber School
Midvale, Utah · Large suburb
- 11%
- Transfer rate
- $18,744
- Avg net price
- 59%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
The Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Midvale, Utah (large suburb setting), enrolling 169 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Midvale, Utah
Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Located in the central part of the Salt Lake Valley, and next to the Jordan River, Midvale was an early target for settlers in Utah. Permanent homes began as early as the 1850s, with one of the earliest homes still preserved today. CHG Healthcare Services, Arctic Circle Restaurants, Veritas Funding, LLC, Sportmans' Warehouse, Zagg and Overstock.com are headquartered in Midvale. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 10 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- To the ocean
- 541 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to Salt Lake City (SLC) · major hub
How The Barber School compares
Higher than 47% · #30 of 41 in Utah
Higher than 77%
Cheaper than 37% · #20 cheapest of 35 in Utah
Lower than 72%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 40%
Percentiles compare The 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 Utah.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2112%
- Men14888%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White28%
- Black10%
- Hispanic39%
- Asian1.8%
- Other or multiracial21%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 169
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 63%
- Median family income
- $25,032
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
- $18,744
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
- 88%
- Transferred to another college
- 11%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,947
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,096
- Students with federal loans
- 61%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 45%
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?
The 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
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 24.3″
- Annual snow
- 81.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cottonwood Weir, UT US station (5.7 mi from campus).
What The 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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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.