Texas · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates

Texas Barber College

Houston, Texas. 588 undergraduate students. 2 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Texas Barber College

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-25%

150%-time completion

150%-time completion at Texas Barber College fell 25% between 2006 and 2009 (52.7% → 39.7%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+72%

First-year retention

First-year retention at Texas Barber College rose 72% between 2021 and 2024 (42.2% → 72.9%).

COMPLETION DROP · TRENDING WORSE-21pp

150%-time completion

150%-time completion fell 21 pp at Texas Barber College vs the 2003–2007 baseline (33.9% vs 54.4%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+13%

Median federal debt at exit

Median federal debt at exit at Texas Barber College rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.6k → $7.5k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Texas

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

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$21,262+26% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$16,822
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
33.9%-3% · '02→'09
Texas median 51.8%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$9,500+186% · '03→'09
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
588+445% · '02→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
74.7%+10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
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 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What loans cost relative to earnings

Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.

Institution-wide

6.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $21,262 (10y after entry).

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 · 20022024518
1,3759520022024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 2002200939.7%
57%40%20022009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 20032009$7,500
$7,500$2,62520032009
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
RETENTION · 20042024+10%

Texas Barber College · retention rose

66.0% → 72.9%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 20022024+212%

Texas Barber College · undergrad enrollment rose

95 → 518

MEDIAN DEBT · 20032009+186%

Texas Barber College · median debt rose

$2,625 → $7,500

PELL SHARE · 20082024+30%

Texas Barber College · pell share rose

69.6% → 90.3%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+21%

Texas Barber College · earnings_median_10yr rose

$17,500 → $21,262

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+30%

Texas Barber College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$14,800 → $19,233

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+21%

Texas Barber College · earnings_median_6yr rose

$13,700 → $16,822

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 Texas Barber College

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
-$432,851
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$15,989
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
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

Texas Barber College graduates earn $X” — not “Texas Barber College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas Barber College 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 →