Empire Beauty School-Bloomington
For-profit College in Bloomington, MN. Median 10-year earnings $23,589.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,589 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,231.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 248 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 248 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,726 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,306 at $0–30k, $22,456 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $4,388. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 99 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,306 |
| $30–48k | $16,954 |
| $48–75k | $17,430 |
| $75–110k | $21,765 |
| $110k+ | $22,456 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 135 of these 248 students, totalling $904,534 — an average of $6,700 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hennepin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)