Florida Barber Academy
For-profit College in Plantation, FL. Median 10-year earnings $16,697.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $16,697, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.78 — elevated (above 0.60)
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. Retention is strong at 91%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 73% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 412 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $28,781 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,938 at $0–30k, $29,509 at $110k+. About 62% get grants averaging $5,333, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 49% of students.
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 · 103 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 | $27,938 |
| $30–48k | $29,216 |
| $48–75k | $31,779 |
| $75–110k | $29,509 |
| $110k+ | $29,509 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 203 of these 412 students, totalling $1,484,288 — an average of $7,312 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Broward County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026