Empire Beauty School-Concord
For-profit College in Concord, NC. Median 10-year earnings $23,925.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Concord reach a median of $23,925 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings.
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. First-year retention is 66% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The part-time picture is harder: 50% return, against 66% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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 223 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,971 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,135 at $0–30k, $19,958 at $110k+. 70% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,441 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 57% 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 · 75 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 | $14,135 |
| $30–48k | $13,680 |
| $48–75k | $16,288 |
| $75–110k | $19,410 |
| $110k+ | $19,958 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 126 of these 223 students, totalling $1,046,145 — an average of $8,303 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cabarrus 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)