Private for-profit · Community college
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth
Somersworth, New Hampshire · Small suburb
- 3%
- Transfer rate
- $9,170
- Avg net price
- 67%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Somersworth, New Hampshire (small suburb setting), enrolling 184 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Somersworth, New Hampshire
Somersworth is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. Colonists from Britain arriving before 1700 named the area "Sligo", after Sligo in Ireland and settled there as a part of Dover. The community was organized in 1729 as the parish of "Summersworth", meaning "summer town", because during that season the ministers preached there. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 33 miles to Manchester, NH
- To the ocean
- 11 miles
- Nearest airport
- 11 miles to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease (PSM)
How Empire Beauty School-Somersworth compares
Higher than 57% · #5 of 14 in New Hampshire
Higher than 95%
Cheaper than 74% · #1 cheapest of 13 in New Hampshire
Lower than 90%
Lower than 35%
Larger than 43%
Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Somersworth 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 New Hampshire.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women16992%
- Men158%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White89%
- Black0.5%
- Hispanic2.2%
- Asian2.7%
- Other or multiracial5.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 184
- Student–faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
- First-generation students
- 41%
- Students over 25
- 51%
- Median family income
- $25,305
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $9,170
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
- 67%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 3%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,595
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 38%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 34%
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: 28% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,125. 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 36 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 41.2″
- Annual snow
- 38.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rochester Skyhaven AP, NH US station (3.9 mi from campus).
What Empire Beauty School-Somersworth 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.