West Michigan
College of Barbering and Beauty
For-profit College in Kalamazoo, MI. Six-year graduation rate 93%.
Completion is a strength: 93% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $10,433, a light load against those earnings.
- ✓ Graduation rate 93% — well above the national average
Academics
93% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Unusually, part-time retention (86%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 110 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,314 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. About 54% get grants averaging $3,402, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 22% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 13 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 | $8,314 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kalamazoo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026