Empire Beauty
School-West Palm
For-profit College in West Palm Beach, FL. Median 10-year earnings $25,073.
Students who entered Empire Beauty School-West Palm reach a median of $25,073 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 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. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Part-time retention runs ahead at 91% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 118 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,746 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,369 at $0–30k against $22,326 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,794 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 61% 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 · 37 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 | $16,369 |
| $30–48k | $16,105 |
| $48–75k | $17,031 |
| $75–110k | $21,942 |
| $110k+ | $22,326 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 72 of these 118 students, totalling $573,650 — an average of $7,967 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach 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)