Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Malden

Malden, Massachusetts · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $18,534
Avg net price: 78%
Grad / completion: $23,921
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Malden is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Malden, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 95 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 95 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Malden, Massachusetts

Malden is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The name Malden was selected by Joseph Hills, an early settler and landholder, and was named after Maldon, England. The city originally included the adjacent cities of Melrose (until 1850) and Everett (until 1870). Approximately 30 park sites throughout the city provide a variety of recreational facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, and ballfields. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean: 4 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Malden compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #18 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention81%

Higher than 65%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,921

Higher than 14% · #33 of 34 in Massachusetts

Average net price$18,534

Cheaper than 37% · #28 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment95

Larger than 27%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Malden 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 Massachusetts.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women9095%
Men55%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White23%
Black33%
Hispanic22%
Asian4.2%
Other or multiracial18%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 95
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 39%
Median family income: $15,061

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 58 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Massachusetts100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Malden draws overwhelmingly from Massachusetts.

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: $18,534

Outcomes

Graduated: 78%
First-year retention: 81%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $20,215
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,921
Median debt at graduation: $10,667
Students with federal loans: 50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

78%

Low-income (Pell)

51%

First-generation

52%

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: $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

$17,909

$30–48k

$18,334

$48–75k

$18,815

$75–110k

$22,181

$110k+

$23,763

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.

15%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$835

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $835. 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 71 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): $23,921
Typical debt at graduation: $10,667
Debt vs. one year's pay: 45%
Out-earn a HS grad: 21%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 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

$23,838

Men

$26,570

Men out-earn women by $2,732 (11%) 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: 82°F
Winter low: 23°F
Annual rain: 43.6″
Annual snow: 49.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boston Logan Intl AP, MA US station (5.7 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Malden graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

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

58$15,679$22,409$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.