Empire Beauty School-Chandler
For-profit College in Chandler, AZ. Median 10-year earnings $23,921.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $23,921, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention drops to 56% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 147 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,033 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,467 at $0–30k against $20,031 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 63% get grants averaging $5,553, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 48% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 55 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 | $14,467 |
| $30–48k | $14,774 |
| $48–75k | $17,642 |
| $75–110k | $19,152 |
| $110k+ | $20,031 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 71 of these 147 students, totalling $556,787 — an average of $7,842 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Maricopa 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)