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American Barber and Beauty Academy
733 Lancaster Avenue, Reading, PA 19607 · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (610) 927-5664 · School website
Career programs at American Barber and Beauty Academy
American Barber and Beauty Academy reported 125 certificate and associate completions in 4 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in esthetician (65). College Scorecard counts 104 undergraduates.
| Program | Award | Length | Program cost | Completions | Earnings, 1 yr | Funding and results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esthetician | Certificate | 400 clock hours, 4 months | $7,150 | 65 | Not published | |
| Cosmetology | Certificate | 1,250 clock hours, 10 months | $19,500 | 39 | Not published | |
| Barbering | Certificate | 695 clock hours, 6 months | $11,620 | 21 | Not published | |
| Nail tech | Certificate | 200 clock hours, 3 months | $2,750 | 0 | Not published |
Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).
Cost and aid at American Barber and Beauty Academy
What a year costs, 2024-25
- Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
- Not reported
- Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
- $11,583
Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.
- American Barber and Beauty Academy net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
- Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.
Other esthetician programs within 40 miles
- The Salon Professional AcademyCollegeville, PA · 26.2 mi · $4,525
- Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic BodyworkLancaster, PA · 26.3 mi · $5,200
- Metro Beauty AcademyAllentown, PA · 26.7 mi · $7,100
- The Beauty InstituteWhitehall, PA · 32.5 mi · $6,000
- Cortiva InstituteKing of Prussia, PA · 33.8 mi · $3,775
- Lansdale School of Cosmetology IncLansdale, PA · 34.8 mi · $5,225