Empire Beauty School-Tampa
For-profit College in Tampa, FL. Median 10-year earnings $23,921.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $23,921, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,667.
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
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 23:1 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 178 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,205 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,241 at $0–30k against $22,533 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 60% get grants averaging $5,071, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 54% 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 · 78 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 | $17,241 |
| $30–48k | $17,738 |
| $48–75k | $19,583 |
| $75–110k | $22,700 |
| $110k+ | $22,533 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 96 of these 178 students, totalling $772,145 — an average of $8,043 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsborough 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)