Urban Barber College
Urban Barber College in Concord, CA, focuses on hands-on barber education, covering advanced fading, tapering, and business skills. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for the California State Board of Barbering License test and entry-level employment in the barbering industry. They offer both full-time and part-time schedules, with programs for aspiring barbers and a crossover program for licensed cosmetologists. The college also provides a job board and student services to help with job placement after graduation.
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All Programs at Urban Barber College
1 trade program at Urban Barber College, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Cosmetology
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41 | $11,292/yr | $9,855 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Urban Barber College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.