Empire Beauty School-Gwinnett
For-profit College in Lawrenceville, GA. Median 10-year earnings $23,589.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Gwinnett reach a median of $23,589 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,231 — 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
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 of 82% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — 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. At 167 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 167 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,130 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,030 at $0–30k, $21,980 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 65% of students at an average of $5,504. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 57 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 | $16,030 |
| $30–48k | $16,295 |
| $48–75k | $15,597 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $21,980 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 101 of these 167 students, totalling $806,469 — an average of $7,985 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gwinnett County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026