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Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Dixie

Louisville, Kentucky · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$17,764
Avg net price
52%
Grad / completion
$24,397
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Dixie is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Louisville, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 119 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 119 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. The history of Louisville spans hundreds of years, and has been influenced by the area's geography and proximity to the Falls of the Ohio River. Louisville is home to many annual cultural events. Perhaps most well known is the Kentucky Derby, held annually during the first Saturday of May. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
250 miles
Nearest airport
5 miles to Louisville Muhammad Ali (SDF) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Dixie compares

Graduation rate52%

Higher than 39% · #27 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention53%

Higher than 14%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,397

Higher than 16% · #31 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$17,764

Cheaper than 41% · #30 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment119

Larger than 32%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Dixie 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 Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

119undergrads
  • Women11193%
  • Men87%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White16%
  • Black71%
  • Hispanic3.4%
  • Asian0.8%
  • Other or multiracial8.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
119
Student–faculty ratio
23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
72%
First-generation students
56%
Students over 25
46%
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 32 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kentucky100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Dixie draws overwhelmingly from Kentucky.

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
$17,764

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
52%
First-year retention
53%
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
60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
52%
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
$17,358
$30–48k
$18,246
$48–75k
$19,654
$75–110k
$20,669
$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.

35%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$313
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 35% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $313. 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 66 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
89°F
Winter low
28°F
Annual rain
48.3″
Annual snow
13.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Louisville Intl AP, KY US station (5.1 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Dixie graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
42 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.