Empire Beauty School-Dixie
For-profit College in Louisville, KY. Median 10-year earnings $24,397.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,397, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $10,667, 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
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 53% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 192 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,724 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($17,358 versus $20,669), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 73% get grants averaging $5,257, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 60% 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 · 74 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 | $17,358 |
| $30–48k | $18,246 |
| $48–75k | $19,654 |
| $75–110k | $20,669 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 115 of these 192 students, totalling $956,082 — an average of $8,314 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson 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)