Empire Beauty School-Northlake
For-profit College in Atlanta, GA. Median 10-year earnings $24,407.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,407, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,583 — 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. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 60% full-time. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 194 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,567 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,462 at $0–30k against $19,233 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $5,293. Most students borrow — 61% 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 · 65 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 | $16,462 |
| $30–48k | $16,926 |
| $48–75k | $17,083 |
| $75–110k | $18,180 |
| $110k+ | $19,233 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 119 of these 194 students, totalling $1,005,699 — an average of $8,451 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (DeKalb County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026