If you live in Warren or Niles, training to be a barber in Austintown comes with one detail people from down the street think about less: the commute. GOAT Barber Academy is in Wedgewood Plaza in Austintown, a short drive from Trumbull County. This page is about matching your schedule to that drive so the trip feels worth it from the first week to the last.
The three schedules, seen from the driver’s seat
Full Time: 9am to 5pm, about 12 to 13 months
The longest days and the fewest months. You arrive for a 9am start and head home after 5pm, five days a week. If you can hold that rhythm, you finish the 1,800 hours needed for an Ohio Master Barber license in roughly a year, which means the shortest stretch of commuting overall.
Part Time B: 9am to 4pm, about 13 to 15 months
You leave an hour earlier each day in exchange for a few extra months of school. For some commuters, that earlier departure is the difference between a stressful trip home and a manageable one.
Part Time A: 9am to 2pm, about 18 to 19 months
Out by early afternoon every weekday. You make the trip for more months in total, but each day leaves room for an afternoon or evening job back in Warren or Niles.
Thinking in months, not miles
Commuters tend to judge a school by the length of a single drive. It helps to count the number of drives too. Full Time gets you finished soonest, while Part Time A spreads the same 1,800 hours across many more weeks. Neither is wrong. Pick the trade-off you can sustain from your first Monday to your final one. Our article on how long barber school takes in Ohio walks through the hours behind each schedule.
Weekends stay yours
All three schedules run Monday to Friday. Saturdays and Sundays remain open for work, family or catching up on study.
Work full time? Ask us about a schedule that fits around your job. Call or text admissions at (330) 249-1760.
What you are driving toward
At the end of those hours is the Ohio Master Barber license. The school holds Ohio State Cosmetology and Barber Board license SCHL.000792 and builds its lessons on Pivot Point. You will train under head instructor Alex Sierra-Tirado (Ohio instructor license INSTR.057163), who has more than 10 years in the industry and an award-winning record as a barber. The Training Program page lays out the full course of study.
Cost, in brief
Tuition is $15,000. Add the $1,612.50 kit and supply fee (tax included) and the $150 registration fee, which is due at signing and cannot be refunded, and the school total is $16,762.50. Financing available, from in-house payment plans to outside funding, all described on Ways to Pay. Because GOAT is not Title IV approved, FAFSA is not an option here.
Make the drive once before you commit
Before you sign up for months of commuting, make the trip one time. Any weekday between 10 AM and 5 PM works for a tour, whether you book ahead or just show up. Time the drive, look over the stations, and ask about the schedule you are leaning toward. Once you decide, the wait is short: a fresh class opens each month, on its first Monday.
Commuter questions from Warren and Niles
Which schedule means the fewest months of driving?
Full Time, 9am to 5pm. It finishes in about 12 to 13 months.
Are there weekend class days?
No. All three schedules run Monday to Friday.
Is my license any different because I trained in Mahoning County instead of Trumbull?
No. The Ohio Master Barber license is issued by the state through the Ohio State Cosmetology and Barber Board, not by a county.
What if I cannot make a 9am start because of my drive?
Talk to admissions before ruling yourself out. Flexible schedules available; call or text (330) 249-1760.
GOAT Barber Academy LLC, 1741 S Raccoon Rd, Suite 3, Youngstown, OH 44515 (Wedgewood Plaza, Austintown). Licensed by the Ohio State Cosmetology and Barber Board, License No. SCHL.000792. Tuition and fees shown are current as of November 2026 and are set by your signed enrollment agreement. State exam and license fees are set by the Board and are subject to change. We do not guarantee employment.