Urban Barber College
For-profit College in Concord, CA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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. The undergraduate body is just 341, 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 341 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,250 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($23,701 versus $24,986), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 63% get grants averaging $4,730, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 166 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 | $23,701 |
| $30–48k | $24,305 |
| $48–75k | $27,545 |
| $75–110k | $26,768 |
| $110k+ | $24,986 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 232 of these 341 students, totalling $1,273,172 — an average of $5,488 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Contra Costa 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)