Empire Beauty
School-Glen Burnie
For-profit College in Glen Burnie, MD. Median 10-year earnings $25,073.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie reach a median of $25,073 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,000.
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. Retention is weak: only 46% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 130 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,199 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($15,949 versus $20,983), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,266 — common but not automatic. About 50% 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 · 72 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 | $15,949 |
| $30–48k | $16,623 |
| $48–75k | $16,301 |
| $75–110k | $20,455 |
| $110k+ | $20,983 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 65 of these 130 students, totalling $502,750 — an average of $7,735 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Anne Arundel 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)