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Private for-profit · Community college

Townsend Barber Institute

Roseville, Minnesota · Large suburb

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Transfer rate
$27,667
Avg net price
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Grad / completion
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Median earnings

Townsend Barber Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Roseville, Minnesota (large suburb setting), enrolling 32 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 32 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Roseville, Minnesota

Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. Roseville's land was originally settled by the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples. Rose Township was established in 1858; it was named after one of the first settlers, Isaac Rose. Roseville Library (at Hamline Avenue and County Road B) is Minnesota's busiest library. It is the largest location in the Ramsey County Library system, with over 340,000 volumes in its collection, nearly three times that of any other branch in the county public library system. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
129 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Townsend Barber Institute compares

First-year retention88%

Higher than 78%

Average net price$27,667

Cheaper than 12% · #42 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment32

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare Townsend 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 Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White6.3%
  • Black59%
  • Hispanic9.4%
  • Asian13%
  • Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
32
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
28%
First-generation students
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Students over 25
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Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$14,497
Room & board
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Books & supplies
$975
Total cost of attendance
$31,494
Average net price
$27,667

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
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First-year retention
88%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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Median debt at graduation
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Students with federal loans
24%

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
$27,494
$30–48k
$28,817
$48–75k
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$75–110k
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$110k+
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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.

Campus climate

Summer high
81°F
Winter low
6°F
Annual rain
32.7″
Annual snow
40.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, U OF MN ST Paul, MN US station (2.7 mi from campus).

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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.