Phipps Academy of Barbering
About
Phipps Academy of Barbering is a barbering school located in Richton Park, Illinois, originally founded as Ultimate Touch Barber College in 2004. The academy focuses on training individuals to become professional barbers and entrepreneurs, emphasizing high standards of education and community impact.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 4
- Sep 2020Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2019Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2019Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2018Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 61 students received $293K in Pell grants, alongside $267K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 31 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (6.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Phipps Academy of Barbering
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Phipps Academy of Barbering vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Phipps Academy of Barbering selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPhipps Academy of Barbering | 76% | Open admission | 39 | $17,509 | — |
| — | Open admission | 53 | $19,549 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 43 | $16,468 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 84 | $22,210 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 47 | $11,710 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 37 | $2,221 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 59 | $31,354 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 92 | $29,529 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 44 | $11,821 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 52 | $27,214 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 51 | $20,564 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 21 | $16,975 | — | |
| Too new | Open admission | 56 | $14,094 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 59 | $12,391 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 53 | $11,041 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 118 | $14,513 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 55 | $16,843 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 50 | $14,906 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 45 | $25,855 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 83 | $14,612 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 59 | $16,450 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 42 | $15,962 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 34 | $17,127 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 34 | $7,746 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 48 | $10,516 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 35 | $18,488 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 41 | $8,470 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 99 | $6,904 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 112 | $3,440 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 65 | $25,148 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 91 | $11,742 | — | |
| Peer group median | 76% | — | 52 | $15,962 |
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Explore the federal data for institutions in Phipps Academy of Barbering's comparison group.
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment59Net price$12,391View data - Tennessee
Elite College of Cosmetology
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment53Net price$11,041View data - Washington
Elite Cosmetology, Barber & Spa Academy
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment118Net price$14,513View data - Pennsylvania
Empire Beauty School-Hanover
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment83Net price$14,612View data - Oklahoma
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment34Net price$17,127View data - New York
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment48Net price$10,516View data - Oregon
Northwest College-Clackamas
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment35Net price$18,488View data - Louisiana
Ray J's College of Hair
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment41Net price$8,470View data - California
Santa Ana Beauty College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment99Net price$6,904View data - Louisiana
Stevensons Academy of Hair Design
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment112Net price$3,440View data - Texas
Strand Institute of Beauty & Esthetics
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment65Net price$25,148View data - Iowa
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment91Net price$11,742View data
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