Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Bloomington

Bloomington, Minnesota · Small city

#2 graduation rate in Minnesota

0%
Transfer rate: $18,315
Avg net price: 78%
Grad / completion: $23,589
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bloomington, Minnesota (small city setting), enrolling 128 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 128 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. In the 1780s, a village called Titanka Tannina existed in what is now Bloomington, at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek. 'Titanka Tannina' is Dakota for 'the Old Village', likely meaning that Titanka Tannina was the first Dakota community on the Minnesota River. Benefiting from its proximity to major transportation routes and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Bloomington is a major hospitality center with nearly 8,000 hotel rooms. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Minneapolis, MN
To Great Lakes shore: 144 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Bloomington compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #2 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention72%

Higher than 49%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,589

Higher than 13% · #38 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$18,315

Cheaper than 38% · #36 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$10,231

Lower than 45%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment128

Larger than 34%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Bloomington 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 Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women12295%
Men65%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White24%
Black28%
Hispanic20%
Asian3.1%
Other or multiracial24%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 128
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 54%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 41%
Median family income: $14,725

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 62 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Minnesota97%
Other U.S. states3.2%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Bloomington draws overwhelmingly from Minnesota.

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: $18,315

Outcomes

Graduated: 78%
First-year retention: 72%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,743
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,589
Median debt at graduation: $10,231
Students with federal loans: 54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 19%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

78%

Low-income (Pell)

48%

First-generation

51%

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

$17,306

$30–48k

$16,954

$48–75k

$17,430

$75–110k

$21,765

$110k+

$22,456

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.

40%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$366

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 40% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $366. 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 68 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): $23,589
Typical debt at graduation: $10,231
Debt vs. one year's pay: 43%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.3 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

$23,772

Men

$22,403

Women out-earn men by $1,369 (6%) 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: 83°F
Winter low: 9°F
Annual rain: 31.6″
Annual snow: 51.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Minneapolis/ST Paul AP, MN US station (4.8 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Bloomington graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

95 grads$19k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$14k debt

95$18,639$22,816$13,849

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.