Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley

Moosic, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $17,372
Avg net price: 77%
Grad / completion: $23,921
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Moosic, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 176 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 176 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Moosic, Pennsylvania

Moosic is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown Scranton and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown Wilkes-Barre, on the Lackawanna River. The name "Moosic" probably derives from the Unami language of the Lenape people, meaning "elk place". The borough was incorporated on December 9, 1898. Before incorporation, the villages of Moosic and Greenwood had been a part of Lackawanna Township. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Scranton, PA
To the ocean: 89 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)

How Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley compares

Graduation rate77%

Higher than 73% · #48 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention84%

Higher than 71%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,921

Higher than 14% · #121 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$17,372

Cheaper than 42% · #64 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment176

Larger than 42%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley 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 Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women16795%
Men95%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White66%
Black11%
Hispanic15%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial6.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 176
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 32%
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 51 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Pennsylvania98%
Other U.S. states2.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley draws overwhelmingly from Pennsylvania.

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: $17,372

Outcomes

Graduated: 77%
First-year retention: 84%
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: 55%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

77%

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: $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

$16,111

$30–48k

$16,665

$48–75k

$18,948

$75–110k

$19,276

$110k+

$21,049

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

$451

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 23% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $451. 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 75 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: 85°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 38.7″
Annual snow: 45.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilkes-Barre Intl AP, PA US station (3.2 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

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

83$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.