Networks Barber College is a for-profit under 2-year college in Chicago, Illinois. Graduates leave with a median $16,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
$16,500
About $175 a month
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Admission and students
- Highest degree
- none
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 | IL median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $15,156 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $13,291 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 77% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 59% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 72% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | $16,500 | $10,297 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $14,460 | $34,234 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $39,544 | $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.
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much student debt do Networks Barber College graduates have?
$16,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Networks Barber College graduates, about $175 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271.
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.