Barber Tech Academy-Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina · Website
$26,281
net price a year, after grants
$26,281
net price a year, after grants
Barber Tech Academy-Columbia is a for-profit under 2-year college in Columbia, South Carolina with 51 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $26,281 a year.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$26,281
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
-
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $26,281
- Cost of attendance
- $34,573
- Students with a need-based grant
- 84%
- Students with federal loans
- 77%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $26,191
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $27,178
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2023-24 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 51
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 27%
- Students per teacher
- 17
- Retention rate
- 67%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 1
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | SC median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $26,281 | $16,583 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $12,978 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 75% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 46% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 67% | 69% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $15,392 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $33,444 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $38,826 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
1 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $26,307 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Columbia and South Carolina on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in South Carolina
- Homes: Homes for sale in South Carolina
Questions and answers
How much does Barber Tech Academy-Columbia cost?
$26,281 a year is the average net price at Barber Tech Academy-Columbia after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $34,573. Families earning under $30,000 pay $26,191 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Barber Tech Academy-Columbia?
Barber Tech Academy-Columbia has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.