Empire Beauty
School-Newport News
For-profit College in Newport News, VA. Median 10-year earnings $23,921.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Newport News reach a median of $23,921 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,667 — 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. 50% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention drops to 40% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. 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 149 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,825 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,033 at $0–30k, $27,690 at $110k+. About 56% get grants averaging $5,196, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 48% of students.
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 · 54 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 | $22,033 |
| $30–48k | $22,939 |
| $48–75k | $23,936 |
| $75–110k | $26,017 |
| $110k+ | $27,690 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 71 of these 149 students, totalling $557,923 — an average of $7,858 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Newport News City) — 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)