Tuition · every number, explained
Tuition is $6,000 for the full 1,000-hour program. Registration is $100. Tools are bought through our own barber supplier, so you are never forced into a kit you did not pick.
One payment, nothing to manage while you train.
Affirm approves you for an amount and a term, pays the school, and you pay Affirm over time, so you finish paid off. The exact down payment and the weekly or monthly amount are set at your tour and written into your enrollment agreement before you sign.
Workforce programs, a sponsor, an employer or family can help cover tuition. We help you check what fits at your tour. Nothing is promised until it is confirmed in writing.
Affirm financing available, subject to approval. This is not federal financial aid. Financing terms, the refund policy, and the 3-day cancellation right are in your enrollment agreement.
See the cost
Tuition, tools, payment path, refund timing, and state costs are all separated before you sign.
Chair math
Move the sliders and see how price, pace, and schedule change the math. This is gross service revenue only, before the real costs of doing business.
Not a promise of pay, clients, employment, or profit. Gross service revenue does not include chair rent, shop commission, supplies, taxes, no-shows, downtime, tips, refunds, or slower weeks.
Next move
Run your haircut price, then tour the floor and ask how training, schedule, kit, and payment options fit your real life.
Final launch offer
The position is simple: $6,000 for the full 1,000-hour Class A program, a $100 registration fee, tools you buy through our own barber supplier, and financing through Affirm if you want to spread it out.
Tools are bought through the DTX barber supply, not bundled into tuition: clippers, trimmer, guards, shears, razor holder, combs, cape, mannequin, textbook, and starter station basics. Approved outside tools are allowed.
Simple planning math: $6,000 across a 9-month target is about $667 a month. Affirm sets your own terms based on what you are approved for, so it can be stretched longer. Tools and state fees are separate.
Every serious student should leave the tour with tuition, kit estimate, fees, schedule, payment path, and next step on one clear sheet.
Kit decision
Tuition does not bundle a kit. DTX runs its own barber supply, so you buy the tools you actually want at our cost instead of paying for a kit somebody else picked. Tools you already own are welcome, so nobody pays twice.
Nothing is bundled and nothing is marked up into tuition. Your tools are yours, and Mike helps you pick what is worth buying.
Your visit
A serious student does not need hype. They need to know whether this fits their life, what happens when they show up, and what questions get answered before money ever moves.
Use this as a quick gut check before booking the tour.
What your tuition buys
Tuition covers training: hours, instruction, supervised practice, and exam preparation. Student-specific costs stay separate, explained, and written down before you sign.
Theory, practice, sanitation, shaving, haircutting, and supervised floor work as you move toward the Class A license.
The founding class is small on purpose. The promise is real correction, not disappearing inside a room that is too big.
Booking, pricing, client service, content, interviews, professional habits, and the discipline to keep a chair busy.
What's not in tuition
Refunds and cancellation
Texas law gives every student a full refund if you cancel by midnight of the third business day after signing the enrollment agreement. After you start, refunds follow the state's withdrawal schedule, spelled out in your agreement before you sign anything. Nothing is signed until you have read the full agreement.
Compared
Published tuition from other Texas schools' own sites, September 2026 (their kits and fees come on top too). Accredited schools can offer federal aid; we can't yet, and our price reflects that.
Published tuition from each school's own site, September 2026. Kits and state fees are extra everywhere, ours included. Accredited schools can offer federal aid; DTX cannot yet, and the price reflects that.
Money questions
No. This is not federal financial aid. You can pay in full, apply for Affirm financing, or ask us to help you check workforce, veteran, sponsor, or outside financing paths. Start with the funding check if money is the main question.
Your tools, books, state exam fees, and license application fee are separate. DTX runs its own barber supply so you buy the tools you actually want at our cost. Tools you already own are welcome. Exam and license fees are paid to the testing company and TDLR.
The first class starts October 5. The school is licensed by TDLR (school license #706114) and enrolling now.
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