Boise Barber College
For-profit College in Boise, ID.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 137 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 137 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,551 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,575 at $0–30k, $18,122 at $110k+. 56% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,976 — common but not automatic. About 53% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 53 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,575 |
| $30–48k | $12,617 |
| $48–75k | $13,942 |
| $75–110k | $18,122 |
| $110k+ | $18,122 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 73 of these 137 students, totalling $513,250 — an average of $7,031 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ada County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)