Empire Beauty School-Lakeland
For-profit College in Lakeland, FL. Median 10-year earnings $23,589.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Lakeland reach a median of $23,589 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,231.
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 of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 25:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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 221 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 221 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,645 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,010 at $0–30k, $21,987 at $110k+. About 63% get grants averaging $5,665, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 56% 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 · 100 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 | $16,010 |
| $30–48k | $15,530 |
| $48–75k | $19,097 |
| $75–110k | $22,399 |
| $110k+ | $21,987 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 123 of these 221 students, totalling $979,545 — an average of $7,964 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Polk 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)