Lehigh Valley
Barber School
For-profit College in Bethlehem, PA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
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. Just 42% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 20% return, against 42% full-time. The 46:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 95 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,930 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,961 at $0–30k against $16,127 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $6,831 on average. Most students borrow — 98% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 68 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 | $11,961 |
| $30–48k | $14,655 |
| $48–75k | $16,127 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 93 of these 95 students, totalling $904,870 — an average of $9,730 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Northampton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Other (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)