Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
For-profit College in Pottsville, PA. Median 10-year earnings $23,589.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-Pottsville reach a median of $23,589 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $10,231, a light load against those earnings.
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. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 70% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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 97 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,449 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,666 at $0–30k against $21,420 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 63% get grants averaging $5,058, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 59% take federal loans.
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 · 44 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 | $16,666 |
| $30–48k | $15,569 |
| $48–75k | $17,966 |
| $75–110k | $17,587 |
| $110k+ | $21,420 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 57 of these 97 students, totalling $463,737 — an average of $8,136 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Schuylkill 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)