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Barber Schools in the Los Angeles area

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area

Programs
46
8 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$37,680
barbers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$950
of 36 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

Barber Schools in the Los Angeles area at a glance

Open to the public
46 programs: 28 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 18 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Los Angeles
8 within 10 miles; nearest 3.5 miles, farthest 50.3 miles
Listed program cost
36 of 46 list one: $950 to $18,882, middle $7,725 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length
25 colleges list a length: 2 months to 13 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list
20 listed programs give weeks: 1 to 260 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24
554 barbering awards at the 19 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list
20 of 46 on California's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 70% of exiters employed in the second quarter (8 report it); middle completion 84% (9 report it)
Pay here
$37,680 median for barbers ($18.11 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $36,960 to $89,070; 470 employed in the metro area; California median $38,380 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Barbering programs, nearest to Los Angeles first

ProgramWhereType Program costLengthCompletions Miles
Hacienda La Puente Adult EducationWIOA list La Puente Certificate Not reported Not reported 37 3.5
Diamond Beauty College South El Monte Certificate $10,000 10 months 0 4.7
Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy Santa Fe Springs Certificate $16,415 9 months 0 6.1
American Beauty College West Covina Certificate $18,000 8 months 64 6.4
Salon Success Academy-West Covina West Covina Certificate Not reported Not reported 0 6.6
Cosmetica Beauty and Barbering AcademyWIOA list Downey WIOA list only $7,725 Not reported 7.1
Cosmetica Cosmetology and Barbering Unilateral ApprenticeshiWIOA list Downey WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 7.1
Baldwin Park Adult & Community EducationWIOA list Baldwin Park Certificate $1,845 10 months 42 7.3
Simply Divine Apprentice Cosmetology and Barbering TrainingWIOA list Monrovia WIOA list only $3,000 Not reported 10.4
Swarthys Beard & Hair Appren@ce AcademyWIOA list South Pasadena WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 10.9
International Academy of CosmetologyWIOA list South Gate WIOA list only $7,843 Not reported 11.5
ZMS The Academy Los Angeles Certificate $8,395 8 months 47 11.7
Coba Academy Anaheim Certificate $14,625 10 months 32 11.8
Paul Mitchell the School-Pasadena Pasadena Certificate $15,147 10 months 21 12.1
Grace's Beauty Academy Unilateral Apprenticeship ProgramWIOA list Placentia WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 12.5
KC Beauty Academy Los Angeles Certificate $2,100 2 months 0 13.2
Abram Friedman Occupational Center-LAUSDWIOA list Los Angeles WIOA list only $3,500 Not reported 14.3
CRU Institute of Cosmetology and Barbering Garden Grove Certificate $3,100 3 months 87 14.6
Career Academy of Beauty Garden Grove Certificate $14,625 7 months 0 15.2
Advance Beauty College Garden Grove Certificate $9,070 7 months 21 17.0
Untouchable Apprentice TrainingWIOA list Los Angeles WIOA list only $4,900 Not reported 17.0
Borner's Barber College Los Angeles Certificate $13,500 13 months 24 17.3
Los Angeles College of Aesthetics Los Angeles Certificate $3,075 3 months 7 17.3
Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education Pomona Certificate $6,000 10 months 16 17.3
Richard N. Slawson Occupational Center - LAUSDWIOA list Los Angeles WIOA list only $3,500 Not reported 17.4
International College of Beauty Arts & Sciences Los Angeles Certificate $15,000 7 months 3 18.0
Santa Ana Beauty College Santa Ana Certificate $7,100 9 months 0 18.0
Victory Career College Carson Certificate $16,000 13 months 4 18.0
John Wesley International Barber and Beauty College Long Beach Certificate $15,790 12 months 23 18.3
Hair Lab Twenty-FourWIOA list Montclair WIOA list only $2,499 Not reported 18.5
Santa Ana Beauty Academy Santa Ana Certificate $7,500 10 months 8 19.2
Coastline Beauty College Fountain Valley Certificate $7,600 10 months 0 19.5
Hierarch AcademyWIOA list Santa Ana WIOA list only $950 Not reported 21.0
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa Costa Mesa Certificate $14,100 10 months 56 21.7
Redondo Beach Beauty College Torrance Certificate $9,100 10 months 0 23.4
Los Angeles County Cosmetology Apprenticeship Council UACWIOA list San Pedro WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 24.6
Above the Rest AcademyWIOA list Ontario WIOA list only $6,500 Not reported 24.8
Paul Mitchell the School-Sherman Oaks Sherman Oaks Certificate $18,882 12 months 28 28.1
Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology San Fernando Certificate $2,000 3 months 11 31.5
The Spot Apprentice AcademyWIOA list Fontana WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 32.1
Five Star Barber & Cosmo AcademyWIOA list Rialto WIOA list only $4,900 Not reported 36.9
Jama's Beauty & Barber College West Hills Certificate Not reported Not reported 0 39.3
Monica Studios Cosmetics, IncWIOA list San Bernardino WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 41.5
San Bernardino Cuts Unilateral ApprenticeshipWIOA list San Bernardino WIOA list only $2,499 Not reported 42.1
Lancaster Beauty School Lancaster Certificate $15,200 10 months 23 48.6
Signature Barbering & Cosmetology Academy UACWIOA list Victorville WIOA list only Not reported Not reported 50.3

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