Ready to Prepare for Your Future in Barbering?

Both barbers and cosmetologists wash, cut, and style hair. However, barbers are typically more associated with providing these services for men’s hairstyling and care, whereas cosmetologists serve both women and men. Beyond hairstyling, cosmetologists also perform and may even specialize in one or more other grooming services, such as facials, manicures, pedicures, waxing, and application of makeup.

Both types of professionals must obtain the applicable licensure.

The barber training course for full-time students at American Beauty Academy is 1,000 clock hours. The schedule is 37.5 hours per week. The course must be completed within 29 weeks from the student’s starting date.

Our part-time barber training can be completed in 54 weeks, attending 20 hours per week. You can choose the class schedule that works for you to achieve your dreams of becoming a licensed barber.

There may be certain circumstances where we are able to accept students without a high school diploma. We take a look at the entire application and do not rule anybody in or out based on a single factor alone. We do offer opportunities for current high school students to start their barbering education while they’re still in school.

Yes! There are abundance of opportunities for scholarships to barbering school. We’ve listed some scholarship opportunities currently available for aspiring barbers. You can view the scholarship list here.

American Beauty Academy also offers a full-tuition scholarship. Discuss application requirements with your Admissions application representative. (This scholarship does not include the student kit.)

For those who are looking for financial aid for barber school, the good news is that there are other options available. If you are interested in learning more about financial aid options that can make our program more affordable contact us!

You can fill out the FAFSA® (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) to see the range of student loans and grants available to you. The Pell Grant is available, based on financial need, regardless of your grades, which doesn’t need to be paid back.

Other funding options include merit scholarship opportunities, which are open to applicants. VA Benefits also may or may not fund tuition for barber school. Use the GI Bill® Comparison Tool to see how much the VA might cover.

*GI Bill® Is a Registered Trademark of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by the VA is available at the U.S. government website www.benefits.va/gov/gibill

Yes, however, the hours transferred will be evaluated. Transfer students will have a course completion date that is calculated pro-rata based on the number of hours needed to complete a total of 1,000 training hours.