Empire Beauty
School-Cherry Hill
For-profit College in Cherry Hill, NJ. Median 10-year earnings $24,397.
Ten-year median earnings of $24,397 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 $10,667.
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. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 61% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 215 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,006 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,433 versus $24,272), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 69% get grants averaging $5,179, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 59% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 90 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 | $18,433 |
| $30–48k | $18,190 |
| $48–75k | $21,345 |
| $75–110k | $23,798 |
| $110k+ | $24,272 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 126 of these 215 students, totalling $1,051,115 — an average of $8,342 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Camden 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)