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Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill, New Jersey · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$19,137
Avg net price
57%
Grad / completion
$24,397
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 139 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 139 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The first settlement was a small cluster of homes named Colestown, in the perimeters of what is now the Colestown Cemetery on the corner of Route 41 (King's Highway) and Church Road. "Cherry Hill Park", a 1969 hit song by Billy Joe Royal, takes its title from Cherry Hill. Royal came up with the title after a friend mentioned seeing Cherry Hill on a visit to Philadelphia. The song appears on a 1969 album also titled Cherry Hill Park. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
3 miles
Nearest airport
13 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 44% · #55 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention80%

Higher than 65%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,397

Higher than 16% · #63 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$19,137

Cheaper than 35% · #46 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment139

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill 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

139undergrads
  • Women13094%
  • Men96%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White13%
  • Black54%
  • Hispanic19%
  • Asian2.9%
  • Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
139
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
68%
First-generation students
56%
Students over 25
42%
Median family income
$13,280

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 70 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From New Jersey99%
  • Other U.S. states1.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill 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
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Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$19,137

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
57%
First-year retention
80%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$19,174
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$24,397
Median debt at graduation
$10,667
Students with federal loans
59%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
57%
Low-income (Pell)
50%
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

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

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
$18,433
$30–48k
$18,190
$48–75k
$21,345
$75–110k
$23,798
$110k+
—

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.

7%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$150
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $150. 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 91 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)
$24,397
Typical debt at graduation
$10,667
Debt vs. one year's pay
44%
Out-earn a HS grad
28%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 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
$24,762
Men
$20,340

Women out-earn men by $4,422 (22%) 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
48.1″
Annual snow
16.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.55.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pennsauken 1N, NJ US station (1.7 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Cherry Hill graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
43 grads$16k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$14k debt

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.