Michigan · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates

The Michigan Barber School

Detroit, Michigan. 82 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at The Michigan Barber School

Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-53%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at The Michigan Barber School fell 53% between 2006 and 2009 (38.7% → 18.2%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+30%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at The Michigan Barber School rose 30% between 2021 and 2024 (135 → 176).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-13%

First-year retention

First-year retention at The Michigan Barber School fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (57.1% → 50.0%).

COMPLETION DROP · TRENDING WORSE-7pp

150%-time completion

150%-time completion fell 7 pp at The Michigan Barber School vs the 2003–2007 baseline (50.0% vs 57.1%).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Michigan

Each tile compares this institution to the Michigan median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$25,106+70% · 6→10y
Michigan median $38,167
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$14,810
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
50.0%-67% · '97→'09
Michigan median 57.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
82-12% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
50.0%-34% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
+19% · '01→'08
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
annual
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS

How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry

Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC

Ten-plus year arc

Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024176
2783219962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997200918.2%
100%18%19972009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972009-67%

The Michigan Barber School · completion · 150% fell

55.2% → 18.2%

RETENTION · 20042024-34%

The Michigan Barber School · retention fell

76.0% → 50.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+38%

The Michigan Barber School · earnings_median_10yr rose

$18,200 → $25,106

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020-22%

The Michigan Barber School · earnings_median_6yr fell

$18,900 → $14,810

SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS

Ranked by 5-year earnings

Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.

SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY

1 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at The Michigan Barber School

Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$523,572
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$6,693
HS-only baseline · MI
$36,900
Years to complete
1
CIP family
12

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

The Michigan Barber School graduates earn $X” — not “The Michigan Barber School makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The Michigan Barber School caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.

Methodology →