Empire Beauty
School-Virginia Beach
For-profit College in Virginia Beach, VA. Median 10-year earnings $24,407.
Ten-year median earnings of $24,407 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,583.
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. Retention is weak: only 56% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. 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 274 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,826 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,587 at $0–30k against $28,563 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 63% get grants averaging $5,224, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 55% 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 · 129 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 | $22,587 |
| $30–48k | $24,784 |
| $48–75k | $25,452 |
| $75–110k | $28,563 |
| $110k+ | $28,563 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 151 of these 274 students, totalling $1,238,097 — an average of $8,199 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Virginia Beach City) — 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)