Texas Barber College
About
Career Schools of Texas, formerly known as Texas Barber College, is a fully accredited career school located in Dallas and Houston, Texas. The institution offers programs in barbering and HVAC-R Technician, focusing on providing hands-on training for career-specific skills. It does not specify a founding year on the About page.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 25.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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
Action history · 14
- Jul 2025Removal of Monitoring StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningCouncil on Occupational Education
- Mar 2025Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2024Approved for Distance EducationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Removal of Show Cause StatusCouncil 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, 494 students received $2.3M in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M 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 412 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (3.3%) 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 Texas Barber College
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
- On campus2
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.
Texas Barber College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Texas Barber College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTexas Barber College | 26% | — | 518 | $17,164 | — |
Avalon Institute-Aurora | — | — | 162 | $16,882 | — |
Avalon Institute-Layton | — | — | 186 | $18,945 | — |
Cameo College of Essential Beauty | — | — | 257 | — | — |
Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers | — | — | 285 | $18,206 | — |
Dorsey School of Beauty | — | — | 164 | $22,138 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Michigan | — | — | 259 | $16,486 | — |
Federico Beauty Institute | — | — | 220 | $25,736 | — |
Florida Barber Academy | — | — | 244 | $24,713 | — |
Genesis Career College-Cookeville | — | — | 300 | $13,597 | — |
International Salon and Spa Academy | — | — | 248 | $20,904 | — |
Jean Madeline Aveda Institute | — | — | 244 | $20,629 | — |
LaBarberia Institute of Hair | — | — | 169 | $12,899 | — |
Milan Institute of Cosmetology-El Paso | — | — | 448 | $25,964 | — |
Nouvelle Institute | — | — | 75 | $12,910 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Dallas | — | — | 415 | $19,616 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Willowbrook | — | — | 481 | $21,416 | — |
Oliver Finley Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 254 | $21,522 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati | — | — | 246 | $22,003 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Las Vegas | — | — | 204 | $27,485 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Modesto | — | — | 218 | $17,550 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Richland | — | — | 256 | $27,097 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Springfield | — | — | 297 | $16,487 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Tulsa | — | — | 234 | $20,064 | — |
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green | — | — | 219 | $20,272 | — |
Salon Success Academy-Redlands | — | — | 220 | $14,662 | — |
Southeastern Esthetics Institute | — | — | 358 | $16,467 | — |
The Beauty Institute-Ambler | — | — | 160 | $17,231 | — |
Total Image Beauty Academy | — | — | 204 | $13,423 | — |
Vogue College of Cosmetology-McAllen | — | — | 344 | $26,326 | — |
Z Hair Academy | — | 100.0% | 235 | $15,269 | — |
| Peer group median | 26% | 100.0% | 244 | $19,281 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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