Empire Beauty
School-Center City Philadelphia
For-profit College in Philadelphia, PA. Median 10-year earnings $22,377.
Ten-year median earnings of $22,377 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,667 — modest by four-year standards.
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. Just 51% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The 23:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 478 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 478 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,254 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,254 at $0–30k, $23,460 at $110k+. About 83% get grants averaging $5,086, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 204 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 | $17,254 |
| $30–48k | $17,251 |
| $48–75k | $19,075 |
| $75–110k | $23,460 |
| $110k+ | $23,460 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 315 of these 478 students, totalling $2,530,304 — an average of $8,033 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Philadelphia 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)