First Coast Barber Academy

First Coast Barber Academy is a barber school and working barbershop on Julia Street North in Jacksonville, Florida, established in 2009. It offers a Barber program, a Restricted Barber program and a Cosmetology program. The school is accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences and licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education.

Training combines classroom theory with supervised practice, and students deliver discounted haircuts, fades and tapers, beard maintenance, facials, color and nail services to the public through the student clinic. School hours run Monday afternoons, Tuesday through Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday mornings. The academy is minority-owned and family-operated, accepts veterans’ education benefits and federal financial aid, and enrolls both full-time and part-time students. Clock hours are not published, so confirm those directly.