Montana Barber Institute
For-profit College in El Paso, TX.
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. 55% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. At 42 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Average net price after grant aid is $18,126 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($19,222 versus $17,399), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 53% of students receive grant aid, averaging $3,160 — common but not automatic. 36% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 | $19,222 |
| $30–48k | $17,399 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026