Empire Beauty School-Tucson
For-profit College in Tucson, AZ. 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. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, 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. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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. The undergraduate body is just 351, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 351 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,013 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,568 versus $21,334), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 52% get grants averaging $4,053, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 47% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 140 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 | $16,568 |
| $30–48k | $16,681 |
| $48–75k | $17,382 |
| $75–110k | $20,511 |
| $110k+ | $21,334 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 166 of these 351 students, totalling $1,063,439 — an average of $6,406 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pima 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)