Ohio State
College of Barber Styling
For-profit College in Columbus, OH. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $18,341.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $18,341, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 69% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $10,061, 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
Academics
69% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 73% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Being a for-profit two-year institution 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. This is a small school — 391 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 391 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,613 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 — $14,658 at $0–30k against $15,086 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 43% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 39% 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 · 105 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 | $14,658 |
| $30–48k | $14,976 |
| $48–75k | $15,086 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 153 of these 391 students, totalling $922,266 — an average of $6,028 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin 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)