Barber Schools in West Virginia
4 barber schools in 3 cities.
How to become a barber in West Virginia
- License
- Barber
- School hours
- 1,200
- Apprenticeship route
- Yes
- Apprenticeship hours
- 2,400
- Minimum age
- 18
- Education
- 12th grade or equivalent, or ability-to-benefit test
- Exams
- national written, state law, and practical
- Hours for cosmetologists
- 300
Rule 3CSR1 (eff. May 2024) sets 1,200 clock hours for barbering without chemical services (1,500 with chemicals), age 18, and a 300-hour clipper-cut/shaving course for a cosmetologist's cross-over barber license; rule 3CSR13 (eff. Apr. 27, 2026) sets a 2,400-hour barber apprenticeship (apprentice age 16). The exam parts come from the board's older Barber 1 exam bulletin.
Cities
- Charleston 2
- Beaver 1
- Martinsburg 1