Chazap Barber College

Chazap Barber College is located on West 103rd Street on Chicago’s South Side. It offers barber courses, barber teacher courses, continuing education and restoration license courses, and states that its training goes beyond preparing students to pass the state licensing examination, with emphasis on customer service and business entrepreneurship. The school lists its registration with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the agency that licenses barbers in Illinois, and says it has operated for more than 35 years.

Admission requires a high school diploma, GED certificate or official high school transcript. Applicants must be at least 17 years old by the first day of school, attend an orientation class and interview with the admissions manager. Outcome figures published on the site report a 69 percent graduation rate, a 75 percent licensure rate and an 82 percent placement rate. Clock hours are not published, so confirm those directly.