Central Valley
Barber College
For-profit College in Riverbank, CA.
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 190 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,157 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,324 at $0–30k against $19,429 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 58% get grants averaging $4,832, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 50% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 47 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 | $14,324 |
| $30–48k | $12,627 |
| $48–75k | $15,222 |
| $75–110k | $17,048 |
| $110k+ | $19,429 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 190 students, totalling $577,054 — an average of $6,074 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Stanislaus 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)