Old Town
Barber College
For-profit College in Wichita, KS. Median 10-year earnings $21,295.
Students who entered Old Town Barber College reach a median of $21,295 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,000.
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 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
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. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 146 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 146 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,056 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($15,111 versus $19,032), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,122 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 76% take federal loans.
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 · 67 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 | $15,111 |
| $30–48k | $14,310 |
| $48–75k | $14,429 |
| $75–110k | $19,032 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 111 of these 146 students, totalling $641,949 — an average of $5,783 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sedgwick County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)