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68 schools in North Carolina offer barbering-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Federal program data groups barbering with cosmetology — schools below may offer any of these.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Community College | Shelby | public | $995 | 30.6% | $33,755 |
| Piedmont Community College | Roxboro | public | $1,095 | 39.5% | $33,274 |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro | public | $1,321 | 55.3% | $30,005 |
| Johnston Community College | Smithfield | public | $1,776 | 40.5% | $37,310 |
| Rockingham Community College | Wentworth | public | $2,060 | 32.3% | $32,480 |
| James Sprunt Community College | Kenansville | public | $1,863 | 41% | $29,307 |
| College of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City | public | $2,253 | 34% | $33,234 |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte | public | $3,345 | 24% | $37,865 |
| Sampson Community College | Clinton | public | $3,108 | 36.5% | $33,409 |
| Nash Community College | Rocky Mount | public | $3,338 | 27.8% | $34,912 |
| Vance-Granville Community College | Henderson | public | $3,286 | 31.9% | $34,304 |
| Craven Community College | New Bern | public | $3,289 | 36.7% | $34,231 |
| Robeson Community College | Lumberton | public | $2,892 | 37% | $29,036 |
| Martin Community College | Williamston | public | $2,676 | 36% | $26,016 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | public | $3,589 | 28.2% | $31,861 |
| Lenoir Community College | Kinston | public | $4,127 | 36.3% | $33,866 |
| Sandhills Community College | Pinehurst | public | $4,157 | 35.9% | $31,656 |
| Surry Community College | Dobson | public | $4,961 | 47% | $36,012 |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva | public | $5,207 | 41.4% | $34,145 |
| Stanly Community College | Albemarle | public | $5,721 | 37.7% | $36,686 |
| Blue Ridge Community College | Flat Rock | public | $5,756 | 48.8% | $36,324 |
| Central Carolina Community College | Sanford | public | $5,446 | 41.6% | $33,525 |
| Mayland Community College | Spruce Pine | public | $5,861 | 38.7% | $34,663 |
| Leons Beauty School Inc | Greensboro | private for-profit | $4,799 | 79.2% | $26,958 |
| Alamance Community College | Graham | public | $6,109 | 33.1% | $34,241 |
| Gaston College | Dallas | public | $6,592 | 44.1% | $35,386 |
| Western Piedmont Community College | Morganton | public | $6,448 | 37% | $34,195 |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College | Ahoskie | public | $5,570 | 20.4% | $29,324 |
| Haywood Community College | Clyde | public | $6,723 | 39.7% | $34,770 |
| Mitchell Community College | Statesville | public | $6,481 | 34.9% | $33,298 |
| Beaufort County Community College | Washington | public | $6,500 | 42.7% | $32,519 |
| Randolph Community College | Asheboro | public | $6,918 | 37.6% | $33,336 |
| Wake Technical Community College | Raleigh | public | $8,759 | 31.8% | $41,769 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury | public | $7,981 | 32% | $34,936 |
| McDowell Technical Community College | Marion | public | $7,784 | 34.4% | $33,035 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Thomasville | public | $8,753 | 38.3% | $36,337 |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy | public | $7,799 | 34% | $32,232 |
| Brunswick Community College | Bolivia | public | $9,009 | 38.6% | $36,668 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington | public | $9,610 | 39.7% | $38,654 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | Jacksonville | public | $9,461 | 32.7% | $36,444 |
| Catawba Valley Community College | Hickory | public | $10,528 | 34% | $36,977 |
| Halifax Community College | Weldon | public | $9,040 | 37.3% | $31,644 |
| Southeastern Community College | Whiteville | public | $9,148 | 37.7% | $30,284 |
| Bladen Community College | Dublin | public | $9,551 | 23.7% | $30,591 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | Hudson | public | $10,810 | 32.8% | $34,515 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | Asheville | public | $11,602 | 33.6% | $36,048 |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City | public | $10,764 | 37.5% | $33,357 |
| Isothermal Community College | Spindale | public | $10,758 | 41.2% | $33,325 |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Jamestown | public | $15,002 | 27.4% | $33,934 |
| Empire Beauty School-Concord | Concord | private for-profit | $14,750 | 54.5% | $23,925 |
| Empire Beauty School-Pineville | Charlotte | private for-profit | $15,672 | 50.8% | $23,925 |
| Empire Beauty School-Charlotte | Charlotte | private for-profit | $16,089 | 33.3% | $24,022 |
| Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem | Winston-Salem | private for-profit | $16,503 | 35.3% | $24,397 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville | Fayetteville | private for-profit | $18,496 | 65.7% | $26,696 |
| Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro | Greensboro | private for-profit | $16,932 | 42.7% | $24,407 |
| Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology | Mooresville | private for-profit | $17,000 | 46.3% | $22,786 |
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | private for-profit | $20,736 | 78.4% | $26,873 |
| Winston Salem Barber School | Winston-Salem | private for-profit | $14,610 | 65.3% | $16,389 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Charlotte | Charlotte | private for-profit | $23,033 | 54.2% | $23,966 |
| College of Wilmington | Wilmington | private for-profit | $23,108 | 27.7% | $19,235 |
| Edgecombe Community College | Tarboro | public | not reported | 38.7% | $33,267 |
| Carolina College of Hair Design Inc | Asheville | private for-profit | $13,396 | 75.3% | not reported |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Raleigh | Raleigh | private for-profit | $18,166 | 41.5% | not reported |
| Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design | Greenville | private for-profit | $11,495 | 75.5% | not reported |
| Beyond Measure Barbering Institute | Mebane | private for-profit | not reported | 64.7% | not reported |
| Bull City Durham Beauty and Barber College | Durham | private for-profit | $11,819 | not reported | not reported |
| No Grease Barber School | Charlotte | private for-profit | $20,795 | 86.1% | not reported |
| One Stop Academy | Fayetteville | private for-profit | $35,519 | not reported | not reported |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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