Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $16,503
Avg net price: 44%
Grad / completion: $24,397
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (large city setting), enrolling 80 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 80 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Followers of the Moravian Church had interacted with Cherokees. The city of Winston-Salem is a product of the merging of the two neighboring towns of Winston and Salem in 1913. Old Salem is a restored Moravian settlement founded in 1766. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Winston-Salem, NC
To the ocean: 184 miles
Nearest airport: 20 miles to Piedmont Triad (GSO) · major hub

How Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 30% · #53 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention75%

Higher than 55%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,397

Higher than 16% · #76 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$16,503

Cheaper than 45% · #68 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment80

Larger than 22%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem 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

Women7594%
Men56%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White16%
Black68%
Hispanic13%
Asian1.3%
Other or multiracial2.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 80
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 70%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 38%
Median family income: $13,280

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 30 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From North Carolina100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem 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: $16,503

Outcomes

Graduated: 44%
First-year retention: 75%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $19,174
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,397
Median debt at graduation: $10,667
Students with federal loans: 61%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

44%

Low-income (Pell)

50%

First-generation

51%

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

$16,124

$30–48k

$16,298

$48–75k

$21,857

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$21,857

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$167

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 9% 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 35 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): $24,397
Typical debt at graduation: $10,667
Debt vs. one year's pay: 44%
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 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

$24,762

Men

$20,340

Women out-earn men by $4,422 (22%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 31°F
Annual rain: 43.2″
Annual snow: 7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Winston Salem Rynlds AP, NC US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

17 grads$16k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$14k debt

17$16,251$21,000$14,492

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.