Premier Barber Institute
For-profit College in Norristown, 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. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 119 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 119 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,339 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,570 at $0–30k, $25,152 at $75–110k. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,837 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 78% 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 · 25 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 | $26,570 |
| $30–48k | $31,184 |
| $48–75k | $18,257 |
| $75–110k | $25,152 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 93 of these 119 students, totalling $719,706 — an average of $7,739 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026