Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Speedway

Speedway, Indiana · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $18,127
Avg net price: 43%
Grad / completion: $24,407
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Speedway is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Speedway, Indiana (large suburb setting), enrolling 166 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 166 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Speedway, Indiana

Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. Speedway was laid out in 1912 as a residential suburb. It took its name from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, constructed three years earlier. It is an early example of a residential community planned for the industrial plants located nearby. In addition to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself, several related companies are located south of the racetrack, including the United States Auto Club headquarters, the Dallara racecar factory, racing teams A. J. Foyt Racing, and Harding Racing, and the Speedway Indoor karting racetrack. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Indianapolis, IN
To Great Lakes shore: 136 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Indianapolis (IND) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Speedway compares

Graduation rate43%

Higher than 30% · #40 of 46 in Indiana

First-year retention60%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,407

Higher than 16% · #31 of 42 in Indiana

Average net price$18,127

Cheaper than 39% · #21 cheapest of 51 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$13,583

Lower than 19%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment166

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Speedway 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 Indiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15895%
Men85%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White16%
Black65%
Hispanic8.4%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 166
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 65%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 43%
Median family income: $13,614

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 99 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Indiana100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Speedway draws overwhelmingly from Indiana.

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: $18,127

Outcomes

Graduated: 43%
First-year retention: 60%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $20,172
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,407
Median debt at graduation: $13,583
Students with federal loans: 54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

43%

Low-income (Pell)

49%

First-generation

50%

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

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

$17,433

$30–48k

$18,175

$48–75k

$22,260

$75–110k

$19,813

$110k+

$23,584

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.

23%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$242

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 23% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $242. 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 114 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): $24,407
Typical debt at graduation: $13,583
Debt vs. one year's pay: 56%
Out-earn a HS grad: 30%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.6 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

$24,712

Men

$21,331

Women out-earn men by $3,381 (16%) 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: 85°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 40.7″
Annual snow: 25.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Indianapolis Eagle Creek AP, IN US station (2.5 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Speedway graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

115 grads$17k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$17k debt

115$17,113$22,594$16,500

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.