Colleges

Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Pineville

Charlotte, North Carolina · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$15,672
Avg net price
48%
Grad / completion
$23,925
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Pineville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Charlotte, North Carolina (large suburb setting), enrolling 75 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 75 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The Catawba Indians are the earliest known inhabitants of the Charlotte area. They were first encountered in the region in 1567 by the Spanish Conquistador Juan Pardo. The Charlotte region is home to many annual festivals and special events. The Carolina Renaissance Festival operates on Saturdays and Sundays each October and November. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
149 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to Charlotte Douglas (CLT) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Pineville compares

Graduation rate48%

Higher than 35% · #44 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention62%

Higher than 27%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,925

Higher than 14% · #79 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$15,672

Cheaper than 48% · #66 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$13,000

Lower than 22%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment75

Larger than 21%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Pineville 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 North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

75undergrads
  • Women7093%
  • Men57%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White8.0%
  • Black57%
  • Hispanic6.7%
  • Asian1.3%
  • Other or multiracial27%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
75
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
61%
First-generation students
55%
Students over 25
46%
Median family income
$14,091

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 43 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From North Carolina88%
  • Other U.S. states12%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Pineville draws overwhelmingly from North Carolina.

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
$15,672

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
48%
First-year retention
62%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$19,338
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$23,925
Median debt at graduation
$13,000
Students with federal loans
50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
48%
Low-income (Pell)
47%
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

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.

< $30k
$15,534
$30–48k
$15,078
$48–75k
$18,043
$75–110k
$17,457
$110k+
—

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.

12%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$167
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 12% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $167. 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 50 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)
$23,925
Typical debt at graduation
$13,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
54%
Out-earn a HS grad
17%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.4 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
$23,727
Men
$24,512

Men out-earn women by $785 (3%) 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
90°F
Winter low
32°F
Annual rain
43.6″
Annual snow
3.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Charlotte Douglas AP, NC US station (10.5 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Pineville graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
24 grads$18k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$16k debt

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.