Sharp Edgez Barber Institute
About
Sharp Edgez Barber Institute is a barber school located in Rochester and Buffalo, New York. The institute offers various programs, including a Barber Course and a Natural Hair Styling Program, focusing on both traditional and contemporary barbering techniques. The school operates throughout the year, with a full-time schedule running 32.5 hours per week across 19 weeks.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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.
Council on Occupational Education
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 4
- Mar 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2019Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
- Nov 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
- Feb 2018Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
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, 85 students received $320K in Pell grants, alongside $239K 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 133 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (4.5%) 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 Sharp Edgez Barber Institute
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
- Public property2
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.
Sharp Edgez Barber Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Sharp Edgez Barber Institute 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSharp Edgez Barber Institute | 97% | — | 57 | $13,475 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Jackson | — | — | 71 | $20,068 | — |
Advance Beauty Techs Academy | — | — | 90 | $28,695 | — |
American Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 122 | $23,727 | — |
Bella Cosmetology and Barber College | — | — | 57 | $22,549 | — |
Cameo Beauty Academy | — | — | 82 | $15,916 | — |
Central Valley Barber College | — | — | 122 | $13,611 | — |
Crevier's Academy of Cosmetology Arts | — | — | 79 | $11,589 | — |
Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Rockford | — | — | 97 | $12,359 | — |
Elite Cosmetology School | — | — | 115 | $17,818 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Buffalo | — | — | 87 | $16,087 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Chandler | — | — | 104 | $16,662 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie | — | — | 77 | $17,129 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Green Bay | — | — | 100 | $15,071 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Gwinnett | — | — | 130 | $15,507 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Lancaster | — | — | 85 | $16,660 | — |
Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia | — | — | 110 | $17,950 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park | — | — | 95 | $17,445 | — |
Graduate America College | — | — | 62 | $15,171 | — |
Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology | — | — | 136 | $19,759 | — |
Hays Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 83 | $14,744 | — |
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Fargo | — | — | 72 | $14,285 | — |
KC's School of Hair Design | — | — | 58 | $9,661 | — |
Milan Institute-Sparks | — | — | 171 | $26,286 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Portsmouth | — | — | 73 | $26,009 | — |
Protege Academy | — | — | 72 | $11,818 | — |
Sandra Academy of Salon Services | — | — | 117 | $7,494 | — |
Strand College of Hair Design | — | — | 70 | $11,077 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona | — | — | 83 | $20,533 | — |
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-La Joya | — | — | 51 | $17,277 | — |
Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 34 | $18,760 | — |
| Peer group median | 97% | — | 83 | $16,660 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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