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Barber schools in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 14 accredited campuses awarding barber credentials. If you finish and work as a barber in Pennsylvania, expect to start around $30,410–$31,490 and reach a median of $36,920 with experience; the top quarter earn $39,030 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Pennsylvania). Graduates of these Pennsylvania programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $15,650 in their first year, against $14,528 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What barbers earn in Pennsylvania
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 530 employed in Pennsylvania. National median: $38,210.
Campuses in Pennsylvania, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BethlehemEnolaHarrisburgLancasterLansdaleLebanonNorristownPittsburghReadingUniontownWest Chester
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | for-profit career school | 1 | $19,690 | $4,236 | 96% | $11,710 |
| Premier Barber Institute | Norristown | for-profit career college | 39 | $16,646 | $13,583 | 70% | $33,033 |
| Barber School of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | for-profit career school | 76 | $14,655 | $13,583 | 65% | $22,320 |
| Champ's Barber School | Lancaster | for-profit career school | 17 | $12,296 | not reported | 71% | $24,323 |
| Champ's Barber School-Lebanon | Lebanon | for-profit career school | 13 | $12,296 | not reported | not reported | $30,995 |
| Lehigh Valley Barber School | Bethlehem | for-profit career school | 33 | not reported | not reported | 86% | $19,130 |
| American Barber and Beauty Academy | Reading | for-profit career school | 15 | not reported | $11,346 | 88% | not reported |
| Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program | Uniontown | Public technical college | 10 | not reported | not reported | 74% | $30,669 |
| Community College of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Cutting Edge Barber Academy | Lancaster | for-profit career school | 7 | not reported | not reported | not reported | $24,930 |
| Champions School of Barbering | West Chester | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Metropolitan Barber Academy | Enola | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Modern Male Barber Academy | Lansdale | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Reading Barber Institute | Reading | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.