Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Richmond

Richmond, Virginia · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $23,488
Avg net price: 39%
Grad / completion: $23,921
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Richmond is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Richmond, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 77 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 77 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation, which takes its name from the location Pawat-hanne, or "falls in a stream," referring to the falls in the James River at present day Richmond, specifically Powhatan Hill. The Virginia Historical Society and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are on the Boulevard. Nearby is the Science Museum of Virginia, housed on Broad Street in the neoclassical former 1919 Broad Street Union Station. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Richmond, VA
To the ocean: 26 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to Richmond (RIC) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Richmond compares

Graduation rate39%

Higher than 25% · #50 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention56%

Higher than 16%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,921

Higher than 14% · #54 of 62 in Virginia

Average net price$23,488

Cheaper than 22% · #48 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment77

Larger than 22%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Richmond 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

Women7395%
Men45%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White25%
Black43%
Hispanic3.9%
Asian2.6%
Other or multiracial26%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 77
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 34%
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 34 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Virginia100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Richmond 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: $23,488

Outcomes

Graduated: 39%
First-year retention: 56%
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: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

39%

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

$22,257

$30–48k

$21,533

$48–75k

$26,777

$75–110k

$28,064

$110k+

$28,179

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.

16%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$133

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 16% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $133. 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 56 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: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 45.8″
Annual snow: 14.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ashland Hanover CO Muni AP, VA US station (8.2 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Richmond graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

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

27$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.