The Michigan
Barber School
Private College in Detroit, MI. Six-year graduation rate 88%. Median 10-year earnings $25,106.
Students who entered The Michigan Barber School reach a median of $25,106 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate of 88% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 88% — well above the national average
Academics
A 88% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 33:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a private nonprofit two-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 179, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 179 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,558 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $6,652.
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 · 20 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 | $7,558 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026