Empire Beauty School-Springfield
For-profit College in Springfield, PA. Median 10-year earnings $25,073.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $25,073, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,000 — 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
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 70% full-time. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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 292 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,266 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,854 at $0–30k against $23,312 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $5,376. Most students borrow — 57% 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 · 141 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 | $16,854 |
| $30–48k | $17,141 |
| $48–75k | $19,321 |
| $75–110k | $21,767 |
| $110k+ | $23,312 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 167 of these 292 students, totalling $1,286,410 — an average of $7,703 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware 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)