Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-E Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee · Large city

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Transfer rate: $15,771
Avg net price: 67%
Grad / completion: $22,377
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-E Memphis is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Memphis, Tennessee (large city setting), enrolling 156 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 156 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Occupying a substantial bluff rising from the Mississippi River, the site of Memphis has been a natural location for human settlement by varying indigenous cultures over thousands of years. One of the largest celebrations of the city is Memphis in May. The month-long series of events promotes Memphis's heritage and outreach of its people far beyond the city's borders. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Memphis, TN
To the ocean: 321 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Memphis (MEM) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-E Memphis compares

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 57% · #45 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention51%

Higher than 12%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,377

Higher than 10% · #65 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$15,771

Cheaper than 48% · #49 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment156

Larger than 38%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-E Memphis 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 Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women14794%
Men96%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

Black90%
Hispanic3.2%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial5.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 156
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 63%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 46%
Median family income: $10,876

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 84 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Tennessee96%
Other U.S. states3.6%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-E Memphis draws overwhelmingly from Tennessee.

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: $15,771

Outcomes

Graduated: 67%
First-year retention: 51%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,493
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $22,377
Median debt at graduation: $10,667
Students with federal loans: 52%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

67%

Low-income (Pell)

48%

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

$15,500

$30–48k

$15,118

$48–75k

$17,613

$75–110k

$21,404

$110k+

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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.

25%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$132

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 25% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $132. 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 101 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): $22,377
Typical debt at graduation: $10,667
Debt vs. one year's pay: 48%
Out-earn a HS grad: 17%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 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

$22,950

Men

$19,746

Women out-earn men by $3,204 (16%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 30°F
Annual rain: 57.2″
Annual snow: 2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Memphis Wfo, TN US station (5.6 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-E Memphis graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

102 grads$16k 1 yr$22k 5 yr$14k debt

102$16,062$22,064$13,583

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.