Private for-profit · Community college
Empire Beauty School-Newport News
Newport News, Virginia · Midsize city
- 4%
- Transfer rate
- $23,036
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Grad / completion
- $23,921
- Median earnings
Empire Beauty School-Newport News is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Newport News, Virginia (midsize city setting), enrolling 92 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. During the 17th century, shortly after founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. People who have grown up in the Hampton Roads area have a unique Tidewater accent which is found among natives of Eastern Virginia and Maryland. Vowels have a longer pronunciation than in most accents. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 22 miles to Norfolk, VA
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 1 mile to Newport News Williamsburg (PHF)
How Empire Beauty School-Newport News compares
Higher than 37% · #31 of 65 in Virginia
Higher than 11%
Higher than 14% · #54 of 62 in Virginia
Cheaper than 23% · #46 cheapest of 61 in Virginia
Lower than 39%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 26%
Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Newport News 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 Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women8795%
- Men55%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White28%
- Black39%
- Hispanic5.4%
- Other or multiracial27%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 92
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- 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 38 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Virginia100%
Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Newport News draws overwhelmingly from Virginia.
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
- $23,036
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
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Transferred to another college
- 4%
- 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
- 48%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 26%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 10% 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 42 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.
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.
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
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 31°F
- Annual rain
- 45.1″
- Annual snow
- 2.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Newport News Intl AP, VA US station (1.4 mi from campus).
What Empire Beauty School-Newport News graduates study — and earn
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.