Private for-profit · Community college

Empire Beauty School-York

York, Pennsylvania · Midsize suburb

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Transfer rate: $18,021
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $23,921
Median earnings

Empire Beauty School-York is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in York, Pennsylvania (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 90 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 90 undergradsMidsize suburbCold winters

About York, Pennsylvania

York is a city in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. York was also known as Yorktown in the mid-18th to early 19th centuries. It was founded in 1741 by settlers from the Philadelphia region and named for the English city of the same name. By 1777, most of the area residents were of German or Scots-Irish descent. Historic sites include the 1741 Golden Plough Tavern, the 1751 General Horatio Gates House, the 1766 York Meetinghouse, the 1863 Billmeyer House, the 1888 York Central Market, and the 1907 Moorish Revival Temple Beth Israel. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 20 miles to Lancaster, PA
To the ocean: 42 miles
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Harrisburg (MDT)

How Empire Beauty School-York compares

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 68% · #60 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention81%

Higher than 66%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,921

Higher than 14% · #121 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$18,021

Cheaper than 40% · #74 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$10,667

Lower than 39%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment90

Larger than 25%

Percentiles compare Empire Beauty School-York 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

Women8594%
Men56%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White29%
Black18%
Hispanic32%
Other or multiracial21%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 90
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 64%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 39%
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 42 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Pennsylvania100%

Most first-years stay in state — Empire Beauty School-York 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: $18,021

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 81%
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: 54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

74%

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

$17,106

$30–48k

$19,195

$48–75k

$18,944

$75–110k

$23,432

$110k+

$23,432

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

$2,063

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 23% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,063. 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 48 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: 88°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 46.5″
Annual snow: 24.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, PA US station (5.6 mi from campus).

What Empire Beauty School-York graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

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

45$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.