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Admissions

Invest in a Career That Pays You Back

See what barbers earn first, then see what it takes to get started. No credit check, and tuition is paid in interest-free weekly payments.

Interested in barbering?

See Your Potential Earnings

Before we talk tuition, here's what the job pays. These are official U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for barbers, and they include tips.

Top 10% of barbersMore than $36.76 an hour$76,460+per year
Median barber$18.37 an hour, half of barbers earn more$38,210per year
Entry level (bottom 10%)Less than $13.75 an hour$28,600per year
7%
Projected job growth 2025–2035, “much faster than average”
80,300
Average openings a year for barbers, hairstylists & cosmetologists

Yearly figures are hourly wages × 2,080 hours (full-time). BLS wage data covers employed barbers and does not include self-employed shop owners or booth renters, who set their own prices.

Calculate Your Earnings Potential

Once you're licensed, your income depends on your prices, your clientele and your hustle. Slide to explore.

Estimated weekly: estimated gross per year (50 weeks)

Illustration only, not a promise of income. Gross service revenue before booth rent, commission splits, supplies and taxes.

Sources
  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Barbers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists, Pay (opens in a new tab) (median hourly wage for barbers, May 2025; tips included).
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Job Outlook (opens in a new tab) (projected growth and openings, 2025–35).

Tuition & kit

Your Investment

Simple pricing with interest-free weekly payments. No banks, no interest, and no credit check.

  • No Credit Check
  • 0% Interest
  • $100 Weekly Payments
Most popular

Master Barber Course

1,500 hours · day, part-time or evening

Total$11,750
Tuition
$10,500
Professional kit
$1,250
Deposit required
$1,250 (this is the kit)
Credit check
None
Weekly payments
$100, 0% interest

Payoff required by the last 100 hours.

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Cosmo Cross Over

For licensed cosmetologists

Total$5,100
Tuition
$4,250
Kit
$850
Deposit required
$850
Credit check
None
Weekly payments
$100, 0% interest

Scholarship available. Call (865) 315-7473 ext. 2. Payoff required by the last 100 hours.

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How to enroll

Three Steps to Your First Day

  1. Inquire

    Call (865) 315-7473 ext. 2, schedule a tour, or stop by for an information packet.

  2. Gather your documents

    Photo ID, Social Security card and your $1,250 down payment. No credit check required.

  3. Sign your contract

    Call to set an appointment to sign your enrollment contract at (865) 315-7473 ext. 2.

Request Enrollment Info

Tell us a little about yourself and which schedule interests you. Admissions will follow up.

By sending this form you give MAOB permission to contact you by email, text and/or phone. We will never sell your information.

Questions About Tuition?

Our admissions team will walk you through payments, schedules and start dates.

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