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the Line Barber School
For-profit College in San Antonio, TX.
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention drops to 75% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 160 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,033 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($19,756 versus $21,951), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 84% get grants averaging $6,205, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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 · 9 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 | $19,756 |
| $30–48k | $20,231 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $21,951 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 122 of these 160 students, totalling $896,115 — an average of $7,345 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026