Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Large city

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Transfer rate: $18,100
Avg net price: 82%
Grad / completion: $24,407
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (large city setting), enrolling 110 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 110 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. Before the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century, the Lenape, an Indian tribe also known as the Delaware Indians, lived in the village of Shackamaxon in present-day Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks and one of the country's 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Philadelphia, PA
To the ocean: 5 miles
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Trenton Mercer (TTN)

How Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 80% · #42 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention74%

Higher than 54%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,407

Higher than 16% · #118 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$18,100

Cheaper than 39% · #77 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$13,583

Lower than 19%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment110

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women10495%
Men65%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White19%
Black34%
Hispanic22%
Asian3.6%
Other or multiracial22%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 110
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 45%
Median family income: $13,614

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 59 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Pennsylvania100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia draws overwhelmingly from Pennsylvania.

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: $18,100

Outcomes

Graduated: 82%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $20,172
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,407
Median debt at graduation: $13,583
Students with federal loans: 47%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

82%

Low-income (Pell)

49%

First-generation

50%

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

$16,946

$30–48k

$17,560

$48–75k

$18,389

$75–110k

$23,116

$110k+

$22,222

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

$181

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 25% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $181. 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 65 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): $24,407
Typical debt at graduation: $13,583
Debt vs. one year's pay: 56%
Out-earn a HS grad: 30%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.6 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

$24,712

Men

$21,331

Women out-earn men by $3,381 (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: 88°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 45″
Annual snow: 19.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Philadelphia NE AP, PA US station (2.1 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

60 grads$17k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$17k debt

60$17,113$22,594$16,500

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.