Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield

Bloomfield, New Jersey · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $17,191
Avg net price: 37%
Grad / completion: $23,925
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bloomfield, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 164 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 164 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Bloomfield, New Jersey

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and an inner-ring suburb of Newark. The initial patent for European settlement of the land that would become Bloomfield Township was granted to the English Puritan colonists of Newark, and the area assigned to Essex County in 1675, and Newark Township in 1693. Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery, filming location of the final scene in the final episode of The Sopranos. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 12 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 7 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield compares

Graduation rate37%

Higher than 22% · #74 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention63%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,925

Higher than 14% · #64 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$17,191

Cheaper than 42% · #39 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$13,000

Lower than 22%

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment164

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15393%
Men117%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White4.9%
Black59%
Hispanic27%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial7.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 164
Student–faculty ratio: 22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 50%
Median family income: $14,091

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 52 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From New Jersey100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield draws overwhelmingly from New Jersey.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $17,191

Outcomes

Graduated: 37%
First-year retention: 63%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,338
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,925
Median debt at graduation: $13,000
Students with federal loans: 64%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

37%

Low-income (Pell)

47%

First-generation

49%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $125

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$16,640

$30–48k

$17,282

$48–75k

$18,498

$75–110k

$22,748

$110k+

$22,748

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

23%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$167

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 23% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $167. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 77 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $23,925
Typical debt at graduation: $13,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 54%
Out-earn a HS grad: 17%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$23,727

Men

$24,512

Men out-earn women by $785 (3%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 87°F
Winter low: 25°F
Annual rain: 50.4″
Annual snow: 28.2″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Harrison, NJ US station (4.1 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

41 grads$18k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$16k debt

41$18,408$22,913$15,765

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.