Private for-profit · Community college
Trend Barber College
Houston, Texas · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,083
- Avg net price
- 56%
- Grad / completion
- $16,575
- Median earnings
Trend Barber College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Houston, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 61 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Houston, Texas
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. However, the land then remained largely uninhabited from the late 1700s until settlement in the 1830s. Located in the American South, Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 16 miles to Houston, TX
- To the ocean
- 28 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) · major hub
How Trend Barber College compares
Higher than 44% · #154 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 2%
Higher than 1% · #202 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 36% · #135 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 24%
Lower than 16%
Larger than 17%
Percentiles compare Trend 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women711%
- Men5489%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White3.3%
- Black85%
- Hispanic9.8%
- Asian1.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 61
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 76%
- First-generation students
- 57%
- Students over 25
- 49%
- Median family income
- $8,962
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
- $19,083
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
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 20%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $13,918
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $16,575
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,794
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 9%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $25
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?
Trend 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)
- $16,575
- Typical debt at graduation
- $12,794
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 77%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 28%
Typical debt would take roughly 7.7 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
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 44°F
- Annual rain
- 51.8″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Intercont AP, TX US station (4.5 mi from campus).
What Trend 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.