Admission Requirements

Washington Academy of Barbering & Arts requires that each student enrolling in the Barbering or Instructor Training programs must: 

• Provide a copy of a current government-issued photo ID

• Provide a copy of a current social security card

• Provide proof of secondary education such as a high school diploma or a GED certificate,

• High School transcript showing secondary school completion

• Pay an enrollment fee of $100 (nonrefundable)

 $90 for the state board fee and $175 for registration(ALL IN (3) MONEY ORDERS).

 

     Should an enrolling student provide a foreign high school diploma, the institution will work with the student to obtain an English translation of the document and confirm that the education received is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma. This documentation must come from an outside agency. Online(Internet) High School and home school diploma mills are not acceptable as proof of appropriate education.

 

     Instructor training applicants must meet all the above requirements and hold a current license as a Barber practitioner. The balance due is paid in monthly installments of $400.00 (PER MONTH/$100.00 weekly) until paid in full. The student can pay in full or more monthly or the remaining balance when classes are completed. Payments MUST BE PAID MONTHLY. Payments are due on the day the student chooses when signing the agreement for each month and payable by the 3rd day after the date selected, or a $10.00 PER DAY late fee will occur. Any additional time over "The Maximum Time Frame," as stated in the enrollment agreement, needed to complete the course, the student will be charged $250.00 weekly. 

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 TRANSFERS/RE-ENTRY POLICY

Washington Academy of Barbering and Arts accepts students from other barber schools. Interested students must go through orientation based on admission requirements and the rules of the institution. Transfer students will be given hours for training completed in the previous institution, provided that such training has been approved with a grade average no lower than 70% (2.0 = C) and that institution is approved by the Louisiana Board of Barber

Examiners and/or a federal agency that accredits barber schools. The hours transferred will also count as attempted and completed for determining when the allowable maximum time frame for course completion has been exhausted. However, satisfactory academic progress will be based on clock hours completed within our institution. The school does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other institution unless it has a written agreement on file of current acceptability of such credits from other institutions. Students transferring in or re-entering the school will be given credit for a documented official transcript of hours in accordance with the regulations of the State Board. Credit will be given for all legally acquired hours of previous training as certified by the State Board or school from which transfer occurs. Transfer-in and/or re-entry students may be required to purchase the books, equipment, and supplies necessary to complete the course of study. The school only accepts transfer hours into the Barbering Program.

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Transfer-In Policy

A maximum of 750 clock hours of transfer hours from other colleges will be accepted. The school reserves the right to recommend to an applicant with previous clock hours, enrollment into the full program. The frequency of evaluations(to be completed within 7 school business days ensures that students have had at

least one evaluation by midpoint in the academic year or course and/or program, whichever comes first.

A student who has withdrawn, officially or unofficially, will re-enter the school under the following conditions:

1. Student will enroll with the same satisfactory academic progress status as at the time of withdrawal;​

2. Students must re-enroll within 1 year of their withdrawal date to continue at the point (in hours)no leaving the program. Student hours are only valid for a year;

3. For students who re-enter within 6 months from the time of withdrawal all tuition payments made, and the remaining balance will be honored;

4. If approved for re-entry after 6 months from the time of withdrawal, the student will be charged for the remaining clock hours at the current hourly rate for the program of study, plus the registration fee, and a new enrollment agreement must be completed. A student, who re-enters

more than 6 months after the original withdrawal date, may be evaluated scholastically in the same manner as a transfer student to determine class level assignment;or

5. Students who were terminated by the school for violations of any of the policies may not be accepted back for re-enrollment, unless mitigating circumstances apply.