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Private for-profit · Community college

Winston Salem Barber School

Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$14,610
Avg net price
63%
Grad / completion
$16,389
Median earnings

Winston Salem Barber School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (large city setting), enrolling 29 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 29 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Followers of the Moravian Church had interacted with Cherokees. The city of Winston-Salem is a product of the merging of the two neighboring towns of Winston and Salem in 1913. Old Salem is a restored Moravian settlement founded in 1766. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
178 miles
Nearest airport
18 miles to Piedmont Triad (GSO) · major hub

How Winston Salem Barber School compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 52% · #22 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention68%

Higher than 40%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$16,389

Higher than 1% · #84 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$14,610

Cheaper than 52% · #62 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment29

Larger than 6%

Percentiles compare Winston Salem 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 North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

29undergrads
  • Women414%
  • Men2586%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White21%
  • Black48%
  • Hispanic10%
  • Other or multiracial21%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
29
Student–faculty ratio
22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
75%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
50%
Median family income
$8,534

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
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$14,610

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
63%
First-year retention
68%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$22,632
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$16,389
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
69%

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.

< $30k
$14,100
$30–48k
$15,209
$48–75k
$15,673
$75–110k
$19,203
$110k+
—

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?

Winston Salem 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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$16,389
Typical debt at graduation
—
Debt vs. one year's pay
—
Out-earn a HS grad
11%
Weigh it value

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
88°F
Winter low
31°F
Annual rain
43.2″
Annual snow
3.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Winston Salem Rynlds AP, NC US station (5.1 mi from campus).

What Winston Salem Barber School graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
60 grads$10k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$7k debt

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.