Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills

Owings Mills, Maryland · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $15,997
Avg net price: 39%
Grad / completion: $25,073
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Owings Mills, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 121 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 121 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Owings Mills, Maryland

Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. Owings Mills is home to the northern terminus of the Baltimore Metro Subway, and housed the Owings Mills Mall until its closure in 2015. It is also home to the Baltimore Ravens' headquarters facility, and the studios for Maryland Public Television. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Baltimore, MD
To the ocean: 12 miles
Nearest airport: 17 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills compares

Graduation rate39%

Higher than 24% · #24 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention57%

Higher than 19%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,073

Higher than 18% · #29 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$15,997

Cheaper than 47% · #19 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$13,000

Lower than 22%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment121

Larger than 32%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills 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 Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women11494%
Men76%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White5.8%
Black75%
Hispanic7.4%
Asian0.8%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 121
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 68%
First-generation students: 57%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $14,099

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 63 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Maryland100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills draws overwhelmingly from Maryland.

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: $15,997

Outcomes

Graduated: 39%
First-year retention: 57%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,285
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,073
Median debt at graduation: $13,000
Students with federal loans: 57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

39%

Low-income (Pell)

51%

First-generation

53%

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

$15,377

$30–48k

$14,765

$48–75k

$17,223

$75–110k

$20,150

$110k+

$21,165

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.

18%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$185

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 18% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $185. 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): $25,073
Typical debt at graduation: $13,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 52%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.2 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

$24,813

Men

$30,480

Men out-earn women by $5,667 (23%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 43.7″
Annual snow: 19.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cylburn, MD US station (6.7 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

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

40$16,429$21,931$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.